Music by: Michael Wilton

Lyrics by: Geoff Tate and Chris DeGarmo



Most of this is memory now

I've gone too far to turn back now

I'm not quite what I thought I was but

Then again I'm maybe more

The blood-words promised, I've spoken

Releasing the names from the circle

Maybe I can leave here now and, o

Transcend the boundaries



For now I'm standing here

I'm awaiting this grand transition

The future is but past forgotten

On the road to madness



Times measure rusts as it crawls

I see its face in the looking glass - stop

This screaming laughter hides, the pain of its reality

Black, the door was locked I opened

And now I've paid that price ten-fold over

Knowledge - was it worth such torment, oh

To see the far side of shadow



And still I'm standing here

I'm awaiting this grand transition

I'm a fool in search of wisdom

And I'm on the road to madness

Yes, I'm on the road to madness



I'm awaiting endlessly

Pounding rhythms echo me

Won't you take me somewhere far beyond the void



And still I'm standing here

I'm awaiting this grand transition

Maybe one day, oh I'll meet you, and we'll

Walk the roads to madness

Yes, we're on the road to madness



Oh, I think they've come to take me

I hear the voice, but there's no-one to see

I can't scream, too late it's time



Stay on the course to pass

You'll never find the answer

To a place where darkened angels seemed lost and never found

Scream to see the light of

Forming figures fast behind you

Lay the past in the wind to spin

And your fate will sail beyond the open plains

Sail with angels onward

Live or die for the chosen one said

Saber sights cast a spell behind you

And they lock in all around



Free the scene insider

Never looking back to find why

Ride a course till the end of time

And you'll stand atop the gate

Laying waste in a path recited

Fighting force won't avenge the guided black wing

Oh, electric might poses fright inside me

Seeing light at the end of sight reminds me

I've passed away





Take Hold of the Flame

Geoff Tate, Chris DeGarmo



We see the light of those who find

A world has passed them by

To late to save a dream that's growing cold

We realize that fate must hide its face

>From those who try

To see the distant signs of unforetold

Oh... oh, take hold



>From a haze came a rage of thunder

Distant signs of darkness on the way

Fading cries scream of pain and hunger

But in the night the light will guide your way



So take hold of the flame

Don't you see life's a game

So take hold of the flame

You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain



Ride, to a place beyond our time

Reach, for the edges of your mind, and you are there

See, that the light will find its way

Back to a place where it will stay, make it stay



Throw down the chains of oppression that bind you

With the air of freedom the flame grows bright

We are the strong, the youth united

We are one, we are children of the light



So take hold of the flame

Don't you see life's a game

So take hold of the flame

You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain



Take Hold of the Flame

Geoff Tate, Chris DeGarmo



We see the light of those who find

A world has passed them by

To late to save a dream that's growing cold

We realize that fate must hide its face

>From those who try

To see the distant signs of unforetold

Oh... oh, take hold



>From a haze came a rage of thunder

Distant signs of darkness on the way

Fading cries scream of pain and hunger

But in the night the light will guide your way



So take hold of the flame

Don't you see life's a game

So take hold of the flame

You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain



Ride, to a place beyond our time

Reach, for the edges of your mind, and you are there

See, that the light will find its way

Back to a place where it will stay, make it stay



Throw down the chains of oppression that bind you

With the air of freedom the flame grows bright

We are the strong, the youth united

We are one, we are children of the light



So take hold of the flame

Don't you see life's a game

So take hold of the flame

You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain