Deadside

Come the afterlife
There's a place you'll see
Where the souls of the dead
Pass through
To eternity
But some poor lost souls
Trapped in memories
Can't find their way out
No one hears their pleas.

There's no oblivion
No all consuming void
What you call a soul
It cannot be destroyed.

All things endure
All things persist
Something in all of us
That will always exist
Something that fears
Something that survives
Something that suffers
And yearns to be alive.

There's no oblivion
No all consuming void
What you call a soul
It cannot be destroyed.

Walk on through the mist
To the edge of the shadowlands
Find the king of the dead
In his mansion so grand.

In the land of the dead
Where the king's power fades
No one on Earth
Can hear his voice
No one believes
And no one prays.

A living soul that enters here
Must pay a price
A lifetime running short
Melts away like ice
The dead are trapped here
And never see the sky
Move on to other worlds
Don't stay here when you die.

But there is magic here
The secrets of the realm unfurl
A house of doorways
Passage to a thousand worlds
Welcome to the Deadside.

Welcome to the Deadside
You've left the world behind.

In the land of the dead
Where the king's power fades
No one on Earth
Can hear his voice
No one believes, no one prays
From the mist the master comes
Breaking down
The mansion walls
A deal is struck, the king will rise
And the Shadowman will fall.