Iced Earth
The Clouding
[Segue: Instrumental Intro – 00:00-01:18]

[Verse 1]
As I awake, I have no memory of this
Who I am, where I'm from?
Why do I exist?
This strange beauty surrounds me
But where I am, confounds me

[Verse 2]
I see others
Who appear the same as me
A look of loss in their eyes
Adrift aimlessly
What's the point?
What does it all mean?
Who am I?
Show me a purpose please

[Chorus]
Take this sense of wonder
Make it go away
Please tell me I am not
Alone and lost here
That there is something
That's made me feel this (way)
Take this sense of sadness
Make it go away
Please give me something
That's familiar
A friendly touch
A memorable embrace
[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
I try to speak
But empty eyes stare back at me
Twisted tongues segregate
Factions are forming
I'll stay with those that resemble me
To survive this harsh reality

[Verse 4]
As the days pass, most have gone their own way
Nomadic tribes discover life
On a world that feels so strange
But still I want answers
What's the point?
What does all this (mean?)

[Chorus]
Take this sense of wonder
Make it go away
Please tell me I am not
Alone and lost here
That there is something
That's made me feel this (way)
Take this sense of sadness
Make it go away
Please give me something
That's familiar
A friendly touch
A memorable embrace
[Post-Chorus]
Yaaaaaaaaah!

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 5]
Lies, the human core is lies
We wiped their minds, cleaned the slate
The Clouding did divide
Fate, we sealed human fate
Now, they're ours throughout all time
To manipulate

[Refrain]
Never trust in the motives of man
They failed to evolve
In Mother Nature's plan
And though they seem safe
In this early clouded state
The nature of their heresy
Has proven quite innate

[Verse 6]
Pain, mankind will know pain
For their crimes on our kind
They'll never be the same
Death, they will know death
Suffering for centuries
At war with every breath
[Refrain]
Never trust in the motives of man
They failed to evolve
In Mother Nature's plan
And though they seem safe
In this early clouded state
The nature of their heresy
Has proven quite innate

[Guitar Solo Outro]