Within Temptation - The truth beneath the rose lyrics

Give me strength to face the truth, the doubt within my soul

No longer I can justify the bloodshed in his name

Is it a sin to seek the truth, the truth beneath the rose?

Pray with me so I will find the gate to Heaven’s door

I believed it would justify the means

It had a hold over me

Blinded to see the cruelty of the beast

It is the darker side of me

The veil of my dreams deceived all I have seen

Forgive me for what I have been

Forgive me my sins

Pray for me cause I have lost my faith in holy wars

Is paradise denied to me cause I can’t take no more

Has darkness taken over me, consumed my mortal soul

All my virtues sacrificed, can Heaven be so cruel?

I believed it would justify the means

It had a hold over me

Blinded to see the cruelty of the beast

It is the darker side of me

The veil of my dreams deceived all I have seen

Forgive me for what I have been

Forgive me my sins

I’m hoping, I’m praying

I won’t get lost between two worlds

For all I have seen the truth lies in between

Give me the strength to face the wrong that I have done

Now that I know the darkest side of me

How can blood be our salvation

And justify the pain that we have caused throughout the times

Will I learn what’s truly sacred?

Will I redeem my soul, will truth set me free?

Blinded to see the cruelty of the beast

It is the darker side of me

The veil of my dreams deceived all I have seen

Forgive me for what I have been

Forgive me my sins