(Intro Male Screams)
Verse 1
There was a season when the windows stayed wide
And every morning knew the shape of my smile
The tables were crowded, the glasses were raised
Fortune sat quietly beside me for miles
Love wore no disguise, it entered unasked
And lingered like summer on weathered stone walls
I carried whole constellations inside my chest
Without ever noticing their weight at all
Pre-Chorus
I thought the harvest would outlive the field
I thought the river had forgotten the sea
Chorus
One taste of paradise, I shattered the spell
Pawned all my sunsets for one fleeting spark
One taste of paradise, an eternity in hell
The moon keeps my secrets abandoned and scarred
One taste of paradise, an eternity in hell
Verse 2
Now those bright years feel borrowed from another man
A portrait fading in a house left to dust
The streets wear unfamiliar faces these days
And promises fray where they once held their form
The world changed clothes while I was looking away
The colors withdrew from the edges of things
A handful of friends still appear through the fog
Extending their hands like forgotten springs
Guitar Solo I
Pre-Chorus
A flash from an old camera burning white
Then gone before the darkness could blink
Chorus
One taste of paradise, I shattered the spell
Pawned all my sunsets for one fleeting spark
One taste of paradise, an eternity in hell
The moon keeps my secrets abandoned and scarred
One taste of paradise, an eternity in hell
Verse 3
The moment escaped like ethanol in open air
Leaving only its ghost upon the breeze
I watched it vanish molecule by molecule
A kingdom dissolving with impossible ease
What once outshone the evening star
Now flickers faint behind a veil of years
Like handwriting fading from a treasured page
Still beautiful, still unreachable from here
Guitar Solo II
Bridge
So I traded balconies drenched in applause
For corridors echoing only my tread
The feast became distance, the laughter became smoke
And silence moved in where the music had been
No villains arrived with banners unfurled
No thunder announced the exchange that was made
Just one door closing so softly behind me
I never heard paradise slipping away
Chorus
One taste of paradise, I shattered the spell
Pawned all my sunsets for one fleeting spark
One taste of paradise, an eternity in hell
The moon keeps my secrets abandoned and scarred
One taste of paradise, an eternity in hell
Guitar Solo III
Final Chorus
One taste of paradise, I shattered the spell
Pawned all my sunsets for one fleeting spark
One taste of paradise, an eternity in hell
The moon keeps my secrets abandoned and scarred
One taste of paradise, an eternity in hell
One taste of paradise...
An eternity in hell...
One taste of paradise...
An eternity in hell...
StormFire