There Was A Life
Trans-Siberian Orchestra Lyrics

There was a life
There was a life before this moment.

Was there before
The life was present in the past.

But somehow here upon this night
But it now feels more significant on this particular night.

It now means more
The significance of the life is now amplified.

And all those words
All the things that were said.

She tried to say
The words that the singer struggles to remember were spoken by a woman.

I've now forgotten
The singer has forgotten the words that were spoken.

Or they've somehow slipped away
Or they were lost from the artist's memory in some way.

And in this darkness
In the darkness of the night.

Is there salvation
Is there a way to be saved?

Is there forgiveness
Is there a way to be forgiven?

For hesitation
For delaying or being unsure about something.

Can someone tell me
Can someone provide me with information?

Can someone say when
Can someone tell me when this will all end?

The writer of this story
The person telling this story.

Will just tell us how it all will end
Will provide insight on what will happen in the end.

And somewhere on this night
Somewhere, on this very night.

There's a wave on the ocean
There is a wave traveling on the sea.

That crashes on shores
That breaks against the shores of land.

Where no one can see
Where it is not possible for anyone to observe.

The tides and the currents
The oceanic movements caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and sun.

Decide every motion
Determine the movement of every object in the ocean.

From where they are now
From their current position.

To where they will be
To their future position.

It cradles them all
The wave holds all objects in its path.

For they all are its children
For all objects in its path are affected by it.

If one drop disappears
If one object is lost in the ocean.

It is instantly missed
The ocean is immediately impacted by the loss.

And after each wave
After each passing of the wave.

Has joined up with the shoreline
After the wave has reached the land.

It returns to the sea
The wave retreats back into the sea.

For that is its one wish
Because that is its natural way of being.

There was a light
There was a source of illumination.

But in the darkness of this night
But on this particular dark night.

To be so close
To be in such proximity.

To be so near
To be so very close.

To see the water there within
To observe the water within something.

A young child's tear
The tear of a young child.

And in our blindness
Due to our inability to see.

Do we move onward
Do we continue on our path?

And cling to the lies
And hold on to untruths?

That we have harbored
That we have held deep within us.

We could not admit
We were unable to confess.

We were mistaken
We were wrong in our thinking.

But if we don't do it now
But if we do not act at this moment.

Dear God could you please come
A plea to God for help.

Down here
Here on earth.

And tell me when
And provide me with information on when.

In the dead of the night
In the darkest hours of the night.

Tell me what do you see
Tell me what you are able to observe.

Will you close your eyes child
Will you please shut your eyes, child.

And just listen to me
Just focus on what I am saying.

And remember this now
Remember what is being said to you.

Hear these words that I say
Take these words to heart.

As your story appears
As your life unfolds.

At the end of the day
When it is all said and done.

For my meeting with death
For my encounter with death.

Though it has been delayed
Though it has taken some time to occur.

I have run my hands over
I have touched.

The end of his blade
The sharp edge of the tool used for killing.

Though the cut wasn't fatal
Although the wound was not lethal.

Even though it was deep
Even though it was a significant wound.

Well that wound's never healed
The wound has yet to fully recover.

And the blood it still seeps
And it still bleeds.

Are you scared of your life
Are you afraid of your existence.

Are you scared of your death
Are you afraid of your own mortality.

Though that day will arrive
Although the day of death will eventually come.

Well it hasn't come yet
But it has not yet arrived.

For the days turn to months
For days pass and become months over time.

And the months turn to years
And months accumulate into years over time.

As I see them all now
As I reflect on them at this time.

Through a prism of tears
Through eyes filled with tears.

But don't fear tomorrow
Do not be afraid of what is to come tomorrow.

And don't fear the night
Do not be afraid of the darkness of the night.

It's where God repairs sorrows
It is where God heals pain and heartache.

That enter your life
That become a part of your existence.

The remains of your life
The remnants of your existence.

The remains of the day
The remaining hours of the daylight.

Well protect every hour
Protect each hour of your life.

Don't give them away
Do not waste them on valueless things.

For each evening we sleep
For every night that we rest.

And each morning we arise
For every morning that we awake.

But you're not the same man
One is not the same person they were previously.

That's the way it's devised
That is how life is designed.

For there're parts of yourself
For there are aspects of your being.

The soul decides to keep
That the soul chooses to hold onto.

And there're parts of yourself
And there are aspects of your being.

That the soul does release
That the soul chooses to let go of.

With some changes so small
With changes so minuscule.

That they cannot be seen
That they are imperceptible to the naked eye.

But death is like sleep
But death is similar to sleeping.

With a longer dream
With a dream that lasts longer than sleep.

As for all those mistakes
As for all the errors in judgement.

That you've made in your life
That have occurred during the course of your existence.

Must they stay as they are
Do they have to remain in their current state?

Or can we make them right
Or can we correct them?

On this night take my hand
On this particular night, take my hand.

Keep me near keep me close
Stay with me, keep me close by.

And if I should die first
And if I should die before you.

Could I not be your ghost
Could I not be a presence in your life after death?

But if later in life
But if later on, in the course of your existence.

We should happen to meet
We should come across each other.

Would you keep me so near
Would you keep me so close by.

You could hear my heartbeat
That you could hear my pulse.

There are reasons to live
There are reasons for existing.

There are reasons to die
There are reasons for ceasing to exist.

But the end's not the end
But finality is not the true conclusion.

While you're still alive
While you are still living.

Alive
Alive.