Born into the darkness Thrown into the viper's den The serpent in the cradle takes the child into its nest of sin Slowly suffocating The souls of victims it has found Into the vicious cycle, on the path that only leads us down Rate-race-fuled machinery This system of curruption Have we become so cold and numb we're blind to its destruction? We're forging in the fires of greed Our idols made of gold Then bowing down before them with corrupt, adulterous souls Opened eyes... Realize... What we have done What we have seen What has become of our lives Corrupted our dreams What we have lost And what remains Paralyzed by the venom that runs through our veins There's got to be much more to life than this The world's caress is just the serpent's kiss The demons veiled as angels The darkness as the Light The poison seems so harmless as we drink of it tonight We reap the harvest we have sown Empowering our enemies We dress the wolves as sheep and then forget their true identities Forgive me... Now I see... What we have done What we have seen What has become of our lives Corrupted our dreams What we have lost And what remains Paralyzed by the venom that runs through our veins There's got to be much more to life than this The world's caress is just the serpent's kiss -instrumental section- Father, bring us back to You We're lost sheep, afraid, confused Tangled in the snares that grow along this road of pain we choose And though we've wandered far away We've turned around and lost our way Though we are the prodigal with open arms for us You still await All we are is laid to waste Alll we've seen crumbles in haste Everything under the sun is vanity put in its place You have seen this all before We are nothing, nothing more We're the ones who betray you, yet we're the ones whom You adore I stand before You as a child By this world I've been defiled Stained and poisoned, burned and beaten, bruised and wounded, sick and vile With hands reaching out to You, I run Realizing what I've done You take me in your arms, a reunited Father and son.... And all illusion ceases to exist The world's caress is just the serpent's kiss