when all is lost

• symphony x'in 2011'de çıkan iconoclast albümünün 7. şarkısı. (9.10)
  
  i believe nothing ever comes to light
  chasing shadows in the night
  in a starless sky
  and i wonder why
  
  oh i believe we will never find a way
  that darkness lights the day
  we never question why
  still i wonder why
  
  i close my eyes lost in a memory
  just like a candle in the wind
  what could have been, with just one kiss goodbye
  you spread your wings to fly far away
  
  somehow, someday you will understand
  i hope you'll understand someday
  
  silent pictures speak like ghosts in the machine
  haunting my reflection in the frame
  chasing down the hopeful child inside of me
  where'd it all go wrong, and who's to blame
  
  we pass the time away
  with empty lives, the laughter dies
  
  oh, is this all we have to show?
  is this all they'll ever know? can they find their way?
  what went wrong? where have all the heroes gone?
  trading futures for a song we gave away
  
  thinking only of myself, i forged ahead
  no regrets, no apologies
  bitter tears reward the life that i have led
  a world of lies brings me to my knees
  
  i took the road with every twist and every turn
  the words of wisdom is the lesson never learned
  
  lose your fear and free your soul
  or the mysteries of life you'll truly never know
  you’ll never know
  
  is this all we have to show?
  is this all they'll ever know? can they find their way?
  what went wrong? where have all the heroes gone?
  trading futures for a song we gave away
  just gave it away
  
  i close my eyes, lost in that memory
  like a candle in the wind
  what could have been, with just one kiss goodbye
  you spread your wings to fly far away
  i hope you'll understand one day
  
  we pass the time away
  with empty lives the laughter dies
  and the colors fade
  fade away
  oh, they all fade away
  
  oh, is this all we have to show?
  is this all they'll ever know? can they find their way?
  what went wrong? where have all the heroes gone?
  trading futures for a song we gave away
  
  what went wrong?
  where have all our heroes gone?
  trade our future for a song
  we gave it all away...