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The watcher at the gates of the mind

eyes burn inside you

ordered there to keep you defined

to tame and divide you

the watcher at the gates of the mind

will silence aspirations

existing only to criticize

inviting aberration

the watcher at the gates of the mind

overt oppression

chip away your dreams over time

relentless obsession

lie in a corner

your limits then have all been assigned

watch in horror

the watcher at the gates of the mind

the watcher at the gates of the mind

private persecution

symptomatic sub-suicide

elemental execution

the battle lines have all been designed

facing extinction

paradoxical axis of time

the watcher at the gates of your mind

they keep you on track

holding you back

never let you think that you can mount an attack

they keep you awake

filter your dreams

trade them away for a package of screams

gates of your mind

gates of your mind

solo

the watcher at the gates of the mind

casting a shadow

what you lost can you ever find

freedoms left fallow

now you try to break from the line

mental revolution

shut the window, pull down the blind

the watcher at the gates of the mind yeah

they keep you on track

fade you to black

once you make a run for it there's no turning back

they play you a fool

always deceiving

never give a damn about what you believe in

cracks in your armor

holes in the fence

a river then a flood of all the meanings commence

our purposes

are all intertwined

the watcher at the gates of the mind