"Paradise Regained" lyrics

[jaybreak]

Paradise Regained

There is a place where the weary rest their hearts.
Where we are truly in love, and truly home.
I long for that rest.
Like falling asleep, like being at peace, where love conquers all things just
as it should.
We will only weep for joy.

You have seen me through the end of everything.
And now I see we’re beginning again.
You have seen me through the start of everything.
And now I see we’re beginning again.

This is the only way to be complete.
A site to dream of and not to tell.
Yet we will wake eternally.
Like falling asleep, like being at peace, where love conquers all things just
as it should.
We will only weep for joy.

You have seen me through the end of everything.
And now I see we’re beginning again.
You have seen me through the start of everything.
And now I see we’re beginning again.

We have the hope of all hopes.

I came across this song as I was listening through some albums I had added on Spotify. The first part is fairly typical of its brand of metal, but after the "main" part of the song, it drones on for about 7 minutes, repeating the same section of music and last line, with some variations. It drew me in pretty easily, and it didn't feel as long as it should have, looking back on it.

I'd like it if more artists did things like this. They are out there, if only on the ambient instrumental side, but hardly any on the rock side that would bother with something worshipful. There's a genre called drone metal that does a lot of this repetitious, often slow, music, but precious few are godly.