A Man of Sorrow Lyrics


"The priest returns to the village, quietly he and Marie begin to change things.

He restores the church to its former glory. To remind him of how the money was

raised he writes a message on the lintel above the door give up hope all who enter

this place and places a statue of Asmodeus in the church entrance. He builds

a tower to house the relic but tells the villagers 'tis the work of folly by some

landowner. Except for the fish hanging above a pool, the tower is empty and it is

there they have a vision."

The years have passed by in the blink of an eye

A devil guards the church door

Above the door I've written some more

there is no hope if you enter here

With my new found power, I've built a tower

To hide the relic away

From prying eyes, hidden from spies

It now has a place to stay

I feel overcome with the work that I've done

My time on this earth draws near

But before I go there is more to know

It comes to me in a vision

The vision is before me like a film on the wall

How John became the master, Christ no longer held in thrall

My sorrow for all that I've done, I'll soon be gone

My sorrow I won't see this through to the end

My sorrow for all that I've done, I'll soon be gone

My sorrow excuse me my friends it's time to tend

My sorrow

When I look back over my life, was it wasted, I'll never know

Praying from a bible written three hundred years

After the Christ had atoned

Now the mantle must pass to someone in my stead

Someone who can spread the word

Without any fear or dread

My sorrow, leaving behind a world so unkind

My Sorrow never to see the world that's to be

Sorrow a slash of a knife brings the end of my life

My Sorrow never to see the world that's to be

Sorrow

A man of sorrow

A man of sorrow