Hands of Time

THE HANDS OF TIME [Verse 1] I found the door beyond the years, A burning gate of dust and tears, One step behind, a world undone, One step ahead, the final sun. I saw the fields where armies died, The broken cities, side by side, And heard the voices of the dead, Calling from the paths I tread. [Verse 2] I could return before the flame, Erase the hour, rewrite the name, Stop the bullet, break the chain, Turn the thunder into rain. I could silence every gun, Keep the war from ever coming, Change the hearts of kings and men, Make the nightmare sleep again. [Pre-Chorus] But every choice can split the sky, Every answer changes why, Touch the past and you may find A different world behind your eyes. [Chorus] Hands of time — turn the wheel! Change the past, but what is real? Save the world or seal its fate, Open the door — tempt destiny! Hands of time — hear them cry! Save a thousand, let a million die? One small change, one altered line — Who will we become beyond the hands of time? [Chorus – repeat] Hands of time — turn the wheel! Change the past, but what is real? Save the world or seal its fate, Open the door — tempt destiny! Hands of time — hear them cry! Save a thousand, let a million die? One small change, one altered line — Who will we become beyond the hands of time? [Guitar Solo I] Fast melodic lead — building from minor harmony into a soaring, dramatic climax. [Guitar Solo II] Longer twin-guitar section — harmonized leads, descending run, then a final sustained note. [Verse 3] I went back to the dying hour, To break the chain, to steal its power, But when I rose from yesterday, The world I knew had slipped away. No scar remained, no monument, No song recalled the lives once spent, A peaceful world beneath the sun — But I was the only missing one. [Bridge] What if the cure becomes the plague? What if the hero turns to shade? What if the peace we fought to make Was born from every soul we saved? The future waits with silent eyes, A thousand roads, a thousand lies. There is no hand that holds the thread Without reshaping what lies ahead. [Pre-Chorus] So I stand before the gate, With all of time beneath my weight. One final choice, one final sign — Do I change the past… or leave it behind? [Chorus] Hands of time — turn the wheel! Change the past, but what is real? Save the world or seal its fate, Open the door — tempt destiny! Hands of time — hear them cry! Save a thousand, let a million die? One small change, one altered line — Who will we become beyond the hands of time? [Chorus – repeat / final] Hands of time — turn the wheel! Change the past, but what is real? Save the world or seal its fate! Can mankind outrun destiny? Hands of time — hear them cry! All our futures passing by! One small change, one altered line — No one can escape… the hands of time! [Outro – guitars / final vocal] The hands… of time… Are never… truly… mine.