[Verse 1: Tobias Sammet]
I've been out on the waves, still far from home
Tried to affiliate, kept on sailing all alone
I'd give the best of me but all redemption I can see is a shadow
In the mist of a reverie

[Floor Jansen]
Never afraid
Or so we think as we pace the unknown dark
We'd navigate by the whispering wind
And the beat of a heart
And vows would never ever break
As if we'd ever know
What never ever looks like from up close

[Pre-Chorus: Tobias Sammet]
Worlds imposed and we try to act upon
Oh, what have we become

[Chorus: Tobias & Floor]
Nobody there to kill the pain away
Assay to slither from the pouring rain
You never know it as you hit the trail
All in vain?
All in vain?
[Verse 2: Tobias & Floor]
Oh, sometimes I wish

[Tobias Sammet]
All mentation would disappear
Feelings would fade
And so would this blazing fear

[Floor Jansen]
Like a grain dancing in the wind
Without steady place
Defer arrival till another day

[Pre-Chorus: Floor Jansen]
Worlds imposed and we try to act upon
To wonder what we become

[Chorus: Tobias & Floor]
Nobody there to kill the pain away
Assay to slither from the pouring rain
You never know it as you hit the trail
All in vain?
All in vain?

[Instrumental Break]
[Tobias Sammet]
I was gonna hope to choke the fire
I was gonna face up and let go
Oh, I was gonna ally with the golden guising
And by the light of dawn I'd put my brave face on

[Chorus: Tobias & Floor]
Nobody there to kill the pain away
Assay to slither from the pouring rain
You never know it as you hit the trail
All in vain?
All in vain?