The child without a name grew up to be the hand

To watch you to shield you or kill on demand

The choice he made he could not comprehend

His blood a grim secret they had to command

He's torn between his honor and the true love of his life

He prayed for both but was denied

So many dreams were broken and so much was sacrificed

Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind

So many years have past

Who are the noble and the wise

Will all our sins be justified

The curse of his powers tormented his life

Obeying the crown was a sinister crime

His soul was tortured by love and by pain

He surely would flee but the oath made him stay

He's torn between his honor and the true love of his life

He prayed for both but was denied

So many dreams are broken and so much we sacrifice

Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind

So many years have past toward a noble land of lies

Will all our sins be justified

Please forgive me for the sorrow

For leaving you in fear

For the dreams we had to silence

That's all there'll ever be

Still I'll be the hand that saves you

Though you'll not see that it is me

So many dreams are broken and so much we sacrifice

Was it worth the ones we loved and had to leave behind

So many years have past toward a noble land of lies

Will all our sins be justified

Within Temptation