The Strength to Carry On (reprise, alternative version)

Album: Memento Mori

[verse]
I hear the bells tolling a mournful tone
As I read the phrase on the gravestone
I wish my heart were also made of stone
It hurts so much and all I do is moan

I'm sad and tired, I'm hopeless and withdrawn
Cause all my dreams and hopes and joys are gone
I know that I can't fall, I must stay strong
And somehow find the strength to carry on

[chorus]
You were the prettiest flower I have known
But like a fleeting rose, too early mown
A butterfly that went towards the unknown
Flapped its wings and far away has flown

The wind of fate is not a breeze but a cyclone
And snatched you like a leaf the gust has blown
Was your end foretold and we could not postpone?
Was your life just like a dice that's thrown?

[instrumental]

[verse]
So many things I should have said and done
I'm fighting back the tears I've never shown
And now my heart seems to weigh a ton
Trying to face this cruel world on my own

This world's too wide to wander all alone
I had the will... without you I have none
I know that you would want me to be strong
So I must find the strength to carry on

[chorus]
You were the prettiest flower I have known
But like a fleeting rose, too early mown
A butterfly that went towards the unknown
Flapped its wings and far away has flown

The wind of fate is not a breeze but a cyclone
And snatches you like a leaf the gust has blown
Is our end foretold and we cannot postpone?
Or are our lives just like a dice that's thrown?

[outro]
Though it's so hard I know that I must be strong
And I must find the strength to carry on