Don't Ever Cry Just Remember
Shadow Gallery Lyrics

I must have stood for hours
I stood for a long time, deeply contemplating

The mist of dawn still rising
The mist of dawn was still present while I was standing there

Brushing from my face
Wiping away tears from my face

Cold tears of finally knowing
Crying tears of realization and understanding

The world that we had twisted
We distorted the world to fit our own desires

The years of strength and glory
The years of triumph and success

Were wicked and obscene
Were corrupted and morally offensive

And there we stood so proud
We were full of pride

What legends we must be
Thinking we were legendary

Really something to behold Lord
Something that deserves attention from a higher power

So irresponsible
Acting recklessly and without concern for consequences

With the powers of creation
We were in control of the ability to create

A princess crowned in jewels
Someone of royal status who is adorned in wealth and possessions

Robed in the finest cloth
Dressed in luxurious clothing

Dauntlessly invincible
Fearlessly indestructible

So perfect so unreal
Appearing too flawless to be real

In one great moment judgements fallen
At a pivotal moment, our opinions changed

Babylon no longer there
The place we once worshiped is now gone

Gone are her streets her giant towers
The streets and towers of Babylon vanished

Disappeared into thin air
Gone without a trace

Don't ever cry just remember
Do not cry, instead, remember what has happened

It must have been my mood
I blame my emotions

I'm usually much stronger now
I am typically resilient

I know there's just one way
I know that there is only one solution

And this is how it has to be
This is the only way things can be resolved

There was poison in our thoughts
Our thoughts were toxic and destructive

And there was hatred in our eyes
Our anger and resentment showed through our eyes

Suddenly something came
We were unexpectedly presented with a solution

Something made it right
This solution resolved the issues we were facing

We purged our hearts and souls
We cleansed ourselves of impurities

And we saw through children's eyes
We looked at things with a new perspective, as if seeing things for the first time as a child

Not stifled by the pain
We were not weighed down by our pain

Not blinded by our
Our judgment was not clouded by our...

Human nature don't you see at all
Can't you see how our instincts govern our actions?

The wisdom of our suffering
We gained knowledge from our hardship

The lies behind our ways
We recognized the falsehoods in our methods

The reasons for the end
We understood the cause of our downfall

From the moment I was raptured
From the time I was awoken to reality

Babylonia disappeared
Babylon vanished

I now return here a survivor
I have made it through and returned

The rest have vanished to thin air
Everyone else disappeared without a trace

Don't ever cry just remember
Do not cry, instead, remember what has happened

The wind blows cold tonight
The wind is bitterly cold this evening

No lamp lights from no windows
None of the windows have any light shining through them

I am sure enough alone
I am very much all by myself

And I am sure enough alive
But I know for certain that I am alive

So through eternity
Throughout all of time

The gift of light gets passed along
The gift of knowledge is passed down to future generations

to those of us who saw
To those who have witnessed the truth

What the rest could never see
Knowing something that others could not see or understand

Born to a fallen world
We were born into a world that has already disappointed us

Longing for a morning star
Desiring for something new and inspiring

Held on high
To hold something up with importance and meaning

For me
At least for myself

As this vision comes to close
As this vision ends

The last footsteps ever wonder here
The final moments of this place and time

They echo in my mind
These moments are still present in my thoughts

Never to return
We cannot go back to how things were before

All is done and slowly fading
Our past and experiences are slowly disappearing and becoming irrelevant

Babylon she once stood there
Babylon used to exist there

I walked her streets I climbed her mountains
I have experienced all that Babylon had to offer

I disappear into thin air
I vanish into nothingness

Don't ever cry just remember
Do not cry, instead, remember what has happened