Pain of Salvation - Plains of Dawn lyrics

"I'm here now, by your side"
Sheltered from the cold
A soldier guards a boy
Clocks are cutting as times
Pass by their pain
Keep trying, keep trying, keep dying inside
(Bringing release through the book
On his knees) "Hush now little child
It's time to say goodnight
Find rest in my lullaby this night"
Keep falling, keep falling
Keep falling down now
"I'll still be here when
The nightmists draw near"
(Blind figures controlling his life)

"Have faith, my son
Reach for my hand and I'll walk with
You 'til the sun goes down follow me now
We will meet again in your land
(Have faith my son) now I'll lead you home"

Opening stillness reaching through illness
They walk in nightmist "Now, we meet again
I'm so close to you now again we laugh"

Where shallow waters reach
For unknown mystic shores
They gaze at the horizon and smile

"Behold my son
Reach for the vision that fills your mind
Just let go and run
Follow the path that was meant
For you long ago (Behold my son)
And cross the plains of dawn"

Wordless questions, tearful confessions
They meet at last now
When it is time to go separate ways
(Fading pages)
They have touched through ages

"Remember me, my son
It's time to say goodbye, goodbye
I'll free you from your prison now go
You're free now, the wave meets the shore!"
Keep running, keep running
Keep running home kid
(Winning a war made him lose evermore)

"Farewell my son
The tubes that were straining you to
A death within life are gone
Wait for us, I and your
Mother will cherish you, my son
I cry as I'm watching you
Run across plains of dawn"
Plains of dawn, plains of dawn

And so through that evening
A soldier is leaving
His son once again and a war has been lost
Forlorn he is reeling, unmendably kneeling
But fate leaves no choice
Now he must close the book