Lyrics

"What did they do to you?"
Were the words that he said as he held her hand
But words just couldn't come close to telling the truth
For blood and pain told the story alone
And he wept as the emptiness ate at his soul
And the path that he chose came to him when he looked in her eyes

It's a dish that's better served cold he'd heard
But the cold in his heart put the winter to shame
And he went to the dark of his mind, and he went there alone
And deep in his soul he came face to face
With the demons and the ghosts that he'd made for himself
And all the time he could see the pain in her eyes

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But on dark lonely nights she's there in his arms
In peaceful dreams they dance and sing 'til the dawn
He knows someday he'll see his love again
But until that day he'll walk his road alone

He'd never been a man of words
And quiet and soft were the ones that he spoke
On the day that he swore to the world on what would be done
So he took the time and he readied himself
And he planned every step that he took on that path
And in those years he remembered the pain in her eyes

At the end of that road he came face to face
With the ones who stole away from him
The love and the beauty and all that had made up his world
And even though he stood alone
His prey knew the day of revenge had come
For all they saw was death when they looked in his eyes

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He opened himself to the pain that he felt
And the gun in his hand spoke its awful truth
And bullets came back from the men who had taken his world
But one by one he took their lives
Each was a weight taken from his back
And as they died he watched their dimming eyes

But as he stood alone that day
He himself paid the final price
He had revenge but he knew that his life was gone too
For after the last one had gone to his grave
He knelt on the ground and he finally prayed
And he asked for forgiveness and peace as he closed his eyes

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And now at last again she's there in his arms
Their love can burn again like the sun at dawn
He'll never have to leave his love again
And he'll never have to walk his road alone
Never alone