The Great Beyond

Suddenly, the ground gives way The spirit moves down the hall Fate reveals the dark remains Of faith in its last resolve Left behind those who wait For answers that will not come Out of time, out of place Into the great The great beyond In denial, the seed and son The one who will pay the most Will revile the one he loves Too bitter to let this go Faith in time will decay This tragedy will live on Love inside slips away Into the great The great beyond Now all we've seen or thought to be was just a dream All we've seen or thought to be is gone All we've seen or thought to be was just a dream The sky rips open taking all we've ever known away And the funeral songs welcome the early dawn One more ghost slips away into the great beyond As the pyre burns on, the pale rider won't be long To push open the gates into the great beyond The great beyond