Shadows on the Wall 3

[Verse] A cave of echoes Shadows dance Truth slips by in a fleeting glance The fire burns but gives no heat We chase the forms We chase defeat [Chorus] Oh shadows on the wall So thin So tall Are they real Are they all? Questions rise Answers fall Socrates whispers Plato calls [Verse 2] Drink the hemlock Taste the sting Wisdom’s price is everything A world of forms Eternal light Seen in dreams Out of sight [Prechorus] What is justice What is love Do they fall from stars above [Chorus] Oh shadows on the wall So thin So tall Are they real Are they all? Questions rise Answers fall Socrates whispers Plato calls [Bridge] A ship with no anchor drifts at sea Who’s the captain Is it me Dialogue spins The world unwinds We are lost Yet we find