Fool's mate

If I were a noble man
I would stand on the edge of the world as it faded out
I would never look away

And if I were a better man
I would hold in my hand the key to save them all
I would throw it all away

Slowly the voices of life after life
Fill my heart with a silent song
Time after time I will listen to them fall
As the world tears itself apart

Mother, please forgive me
Father, I'm a good man
I just want to let go
I don't know if I can

All of my regrets are
Coming back to haunt me
Digging in my mind and
Staying there to taunt me

Say you'll never let go
Tell me what I don't know
I want to forget, though
I can never know, so

Mother, please forgive me
Father, I'm a good man
What have I done now?
What have I done now?

If I were a gentle man
I would free all the monsters that I've gone and locked away
I would pry them from their chains

And if I were a mortal man
I would save all the people that I've gone and hurt for naught
I would see another day

But that's not me, I am not a human man
I'm a monster by my own hand
Time after time I will be there to regret
All the choices I've ruined in a life long past

And I don't know what I've done to deserve this curse
That I've only brought upon myself
Say what you will, I have heard it all before
Now I just want these memories to let me go