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The One Who Would

from Gray by Red Ankh

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Why should I trust one more human
Have I not learned, may be I will learn better this time
This desire always gets in the way
Of all other priorities

Must I have love, else I'll go mad
Is this a bad habit that I have fallen in to
Either way love has broken me down
I am afraid of you my dear


Yet I wish I could promise...

I will see you through all of the darkness to the
Day beyond this world where we can be free

Take my hand and I'll cast away the pain
Smite those who misunderstand, hold you til the day I die

Dear, I can't give you all of those things, I'm sorry
Though my love is true, I am just a man


For you I wish to sacrifice
I don't want any one to have that kind of power
Over me, over my state of mind
But which pain is desired less

Want to give you every thing
How can I know there's any thing behind your smile
It must mean some thing if you do not
Make me happy out of your will

I wish I could promise...

I will see you through all of the darkness to the
Day beyond this world where we can be free

Take my hand and I'll cast away the pain
Smite those who misunderstand, hold you til the day I die

Dear, I can't give you all of those things, I'm sorry
Though my love is true, I am just a man

I feel all those things they've blamed on the heart
It is raw, misunderstood, but a perfect place for us to start

Do you mean to make me happy or is this just a dream I've concocted
Could your eyes speak love to any one while your mind remains cold, I fear all this

I... want to fight it
I... want to throw away all this skepticism for you
But you've got to do it too
But you've got to do it too

Feed the doubt, play it safe, you know it all too well
What's it worth, a love that is practically doomed to fail
After all trust is just a form of control
Truth be told, we are fools for even stooping this low

(No...) Just as how the unexamined life is not worth living
So too it is true for the life that is not shared
Where is the love in a world without forgiving
Is hesitation proof of conflict or care

Doubt is a sign of fear, why should true love be tamed
Fear is response to danger, if our condition remains unchanged
We have learned to distrust, now it's time to unlearn that tragedy
It is you I choose

I may not save you from the dark, my love
But I will make light among the shadows
I may not have strength to break these chains, love
But here with me you can be you

Come take my hand and I'll make you forget your pain
Fend off the fools, hold you as long as I can

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from Gray, released January 6, 2008

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Red Ankh is highly experimental, including (but not in every song) elements of black metal, chiptune, dance, death metal, folk, gabber, gothic, industrial, power metal, progressive, symphonic metal, groove metal, and trance.

Early works were mostly instrumental. That changed with Bronze. The goal of the project is to break down genre boundaries, keep music inventive, and inspire. ... more

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