Listen closely,
   The wind through the trees,
   Branches crackling against the bitter cold
   Their cries fall on deaf ears.

Do you see their pain,
   As their loved ones fall
   Helplessly to the ground below.

The time for them has been cut short.
   Their mother, "nature", has decided
   It is time to unite, with
   The ones that have fallen before.

Stories will be told, of laughter and love
   That once adorned at the very feet
   At where they once stood.

Their memories will not be forgotten,
   It will be carried by the wind,
   So that others will feel again,
   At one time they felt before.

The words don't come easy,
The words are hard to find.
They are hidden in this despair
That has taken my mind.

The words are nothing more
Than the flow of ink on paper.
No meaning behind it all,
A jumble of thoughts are all they are.

Why continue if there's no truth in it.
Rather just something to do to pass
The time that has been moving slowly
Since the first breath of the day.

They say write what you know.
I suppose this mind has nothing
More to say than to keep the pen
Moving and let the words be as it may.

Break out of these chains. Hold on to the reins.
Don't let them keep you again. Help free the slain.

Hiding in the past. Never looking back.
Memories he soon forgets. Lost time he regrets.

Comrades scream in vain at the man without a name.
Following his every move; his life is theirs to lose.

Like a captain of a sinking ship, a soldier with an ailing hip.
He must forget his pain and show these men the way.

          Never will he see the light of day again
          Never will he breathe this air again
          His destiny is to die a hero
          A hero without a name.

Waiting by the telephone, waiting for the call.
Should be doing something, anything at all.

I waste my time waiting, I waste my time hoping.
This girl I like the best, same as all the rest.

They tease and lie, I know.
They cheat and talk, it shows.
What's a guy to do?
What must I do?

"Drop this girl" they say. "She's not your type.
Another will come your way. She'll make things right."

But I know better. They're all the same to me.
If a girl wants me, she'd call me right away,
Instead of me waiting, waiting every day.

Walking in a daze across the room
I stumble upon my shadow
Whose only purpose is to cling to me
Wherever I choose to go.

My only freedom from my devoted friend
Is when I close my eyes to sleep.
There, I find a solace
I forever long to keep.

To be free from my special friend
Is a dream I hope comes true.
When the time comes to make a choice
I know I'll make the right one too.

I know I don't want to be alone
I know right from wrong.
If my shadow is my only friend
Then I hope we'll get along.

I know in the event of my death
My shadow will be there for me.
A friend who's always been there,
And a friend he'll always be.

Lives that have been lived
   are not forgotten
Memories remain forever
   in the absence of thought
Moving pictures they are
   of distant voices
Forever echoing the
   expanding void.

We must not forget
   the laughter and love
That once cosumed our
   hearts, that lay above
The darkened streets
   of anger and pain.
Give eternal life to love
   let death fall like rain.

Running from the animal inside
I know I cannot hide.
I must find a place tonight
Where sleeping dogs lie.
It lives inside my head,
And lets me cry instead.
I feel the pain it gives,
I have to scream again.

Memories of  yesterday I cannot say,
To where it goes or where it came.
It passes like the prairie wind
And then it happens again.
I must clear my mind,
Put the voices to rest.
Take away the whispers,
My name, let me not forget.

Will the voices ever go away?
Will anybody ever see the pain?
Will I live or will I die?
Who's to know, Who's to say?

Too many questions unanswered,
In my live forever.
I have to stop this insanity
And bring it all together.

Nothing resolved
Nothing gained
I'm lost in the rain
To die a lonely man.
A man without a name.