Echoes
Clark Gene Lyrics

On the streets you look again
While walking through the streets, you take another glance

At the places you have been
At the locations you have previously visited

Or the moments that you thought
Or the instances that you pondered

Where am I going
Where exactly am I headed

Though the walls are like the dead
Although the walls resemble lifelessness

They reflect the things you've said
They mirror the words you have spoken

And the echoes in your head continue showing
And the sounds reverberating in your mind persistently reveal

Near the castles you can build
Close to the imaginary fortresses you can construct

Out of dreams you half fulfilled
Using dreams that you only partially achieved

Won't keep out all of the ill wind that is blowing
Won't prevent the arrival of the harmful breeze that is prevailing

And you look still for a trace
And you continue to search for a hint

Of an opening in a place
Of an opportunity in a location

Where you find the life that you were used to knowing
Where you encounter the existence you were familiar with

You can walk out in the night
You are able to venture outside during the night

And be sure that its alright
And be certain that it is acceptable

To exaggerate the world that's only being
To magnify the world that is only existing

You can watch Regina dance
You can observe Regina dancing

Through the crystal panes of glass
Through the translucent windows

Yet you know that there's so much that she's not seeing
Yet you are aware that there is much she is unaware of

Still you hold one precious thought
Nevertheless, you cling to one precious thought

After all this time you've sought
After all the time you have dedicated to searching

That she might be just protecting what she longs for
That she might be safeguarding what she desires intensely

And her eyes are veiled with black
And her eyes are concealed with darkness

Cause she plays she can look back
Because she pretends that she can reminisce

At the love she wanted so but says is no more
At the love she yearned for but claims no longer exists

The lights go on, commence the cold
The lights shine, signaling the beginning of the chill

As your senses will be sold
As your senses will be traded

To the parrot watchers mimicking no reasons
To the people imitating without purpose

To pretend that what they are
To feign what they truly are

From the fact completely far
Completely distant from reality

While the truth may be betrayal, lies and treason
While the truth might consist of betrayal, lies, and treason

Build their towers in the sand
Construct their towers in the unstable ground

Down the roads at their command
Along the paths under their control

When the kingdom is the innocence they're stealing
When the realm they are stealing is innocence

And infection easily spreads
And the contagion spreads effortlessly

To the searching, twisted heads
To the minds that are searching and distorted

As they team up to tear down each others feeling
As they unite to dismantle each other's emotions