Measured In Blood

Appears on: Another Night In CD2

               I'll watch the hours 'til I'm gone
               In solitude where I belong
               A wooden cross - my ivory tower
               The gentle tears of April showers
               I know the distance of this world
               Was measured out into my blood
               Passed down from father into son
               I am a stranger in this land
               I am a stranger in this land

               You dragged me up to be a man
               'Twas solitude that raised your hand
               The poisoned chalice that you gave
               Was passed to you in turn its slave
               The circle ends the deed is done
               I truly am your only son
               Your loneliness I understand
               I am a stranger in this land
               I am a stranger in this land

               Now that the prison door has slammed
               Love and forgiveness for you I have found
               For father now I understand
               You were a stranger in this land
               You were a stranger in this land
               You were a stranger in this land