Torn
Shadow Gallery Lyrics

Broken window, broken dreams
The shattered window reflects the state of broken dreams that have been realized

Nothing but a trail of tears
The pain and sorrow caused by the shattered dreams lead only to a trail of tears

Oh my God, my little lady
The singer is addressing his daughter, expressing his concern and fear

Where have they taken you?
The artist is questioning the whereabouts of his missing daughter

I never heard you scream
The artist did not hear his daughter's cries for help, adding to his guilt and despair

Strange how pain etches patterns on your heart
Pain leaves a permanent mark on one's heart, much like etched patterns on glass

Just like frost grows on the windowpane
The pain grows and spreads like frost on a windowpane

And cold's no elixir, the fractals well-veiled
Even though the cold numbs the pain, it cannot heal the broken fragments of the heart

My eyes gone black, they've pierced my hands and side
The artist's grief and pain have become physical, feeling like a piercing in his body

I've searched high and I've searched low
The artist has searched everywhere for his missing daughter, but to no avail

Damn the motive, I don't know
The singer is frustrated and angry, not understanding why his daughter was taken

Another child torn from her father
The artist is not the only one who has lost a child in this way

I'm praying for your soul
The singer is hoping that his daughter's soul is at peace, wherever she is

Show your face, tell me why it must be her
The singer is demanding answers from the evil force that took his daughter

You faceless evil shake me to my core
The faceless evil that took his daughter has disturbed the singer to his core

And what do you do with faith and belief
The artist is questioning what happens to one's faith and beliefs when tragedy strikes

When tragedy buries, me buries me, buries me alive?
When tragedy strikes, it feels like one's own burial, suffocating and deadening

Hold your hands up high
The singer is encouraging himself to raise his hands in surrender to the pain

Lift them toward the sky
The singer is using this act to express his pain and communicate with a higher power

When all I have is torn down, down, down
The artist's life has been destroyed by the loss of his daughter

Meet my pain tonight
The artist is inviting anyone who relates to his pain to join him in expressing it

Something wicked this way came
The artist is sensing an evil presence that has come into his life

Just ghosts and demons from my past
The singer is haunted by his past and demons that have come back to torment him

Are they trying to draw me out?
The artist is questioning whether the evil force is trying to push him to his breaking point

Vindictively I'm recompensed
The singer feels like he is being punished for some past wrong by the loss of his daughter

No shadow of a doubt
The singer is absolutely certain of the existence of the evil force that took his daughter

Somewhere out there lies a girl
The singer is still holding onto hope that his daughter is still alive somewhere

stolen by a broken world
The brokenness of the world has led to the loss of his daughter

Can't escape my frozen past
The artist is still trapped by events of his past that have led him to this point

Shattered like a rock through glass
The singer's spirit has been just as shattered as a rock that has gone through a glass window

I'm torn
The singer is battling with his emotions and is torn apart by his pain

I'm torn
The artist emphasizes just how deep and all-consuming his pain is

I'm torn
The artist repeats his pain, reiterating just how torn he feels inside

I'm torn
The artist ends the song repeating his pain, to emphasize the message of the song