(Korpela)

Fulfill the daily rituals
Year after year
Set in stone the ways
Yet clenched by fear

Of failure
Despite all I've done
Fulfilled to the letter
Serving the one...the one...

Hear me, answer me, react
Acknowledge that I exist
Duty and desire as one
But desire to desist

CHORUS
I wonder how long my faith will hold
How easy it is for conviction to be sold

The stone remains ever silent
Ever passive, unanswering

My questions
Linger in the air
Unwavering
Going nowhere

The roll of years, constrained tears, meanwhile
My skin turns a grey hue
Believing is not seeing
But what more can I do?

CHORUS

The stone is more solid than me

I look up for forgiveness for my doubts
But there's no answer
Ignoring me, taunting me with silence
I'll be a pile of dust without a name

CHORUS