[Intro]
To forgive is to suffer

[Verse 1]
Throughout our time
A thought escapes us
To enforce a word: "No"
Holding on to pain
It may seem to some

[Refrain]
The easy way to say "Okay"
Twist your knife a little deeper
Words so sharp, actions dark
Hide the blade of the deceiver

[Pre-Chorus]
Enforce the words no more, be free
Alone, you might just find serenity

[Chorus]
To forgive is to suffer
To accept another day
We choose to give away
Another piece of life
To forgive is to suffer

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]
Once or twice is kind
Three or four is blind
It is not the end, yet a way to begin
The power of words; both good and bad

[Refrain]
The easy way to say "Okay"
Twist your knife a little deeper
Words so sharp, actions dark
Hide the blade of the deceiver

[Pre-Chorus]
Enforce the words no more, be free
Alone, you might just find serenity

[Chorus]
To forgive is to suffer
To accept another day
We choose to give away
Another piece of life

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 1]
I would describe it as an invisible darkness
Casting a shadow, a blinding black
Guarded by hope, my soul is kept safe
From the bloody claws

[Refrain]
Look to beyond
What vision lets me see
Time after time
Unneeded misery

[Pre-Chorus]
My dreams
I own no price for you
I grip them tight
And hope for sight

[Chorus]
Open my eyes wide to see
A moment of clarity
Confusion gone, it's in your hands
Your turn to ask why

[Guitar Solo: Shannon Hamm]

[Guitar Solo: Chuck Schuldiner]

[Verse 2]
Life is like a mystery
With many clues, but with few answers
To tell us what it is that we can do to look
For messages that keep us from the truth

[Refrain]
Look to beyond
What vision lets me see
Time after time
Unneeded misery

[Pre-Chorus]
My dreams
I own no price for you
I grip them tight
And hope for sight

[Chorus]
Open my eyes wide to see
A moment of clarity
Confusion gone, it's in your hands
Your turn to ask why
Oh God, why?

[Guitar Solo: Chuck Schuldiner]