I can remember a place I used to go
Chrysanthemums of white, they seemed so beautiful
I can remember, I searched for the amaranth

I'd shut my eyes... to see

Oh, how I smiled then, so near the cherished ones

I knew they would appear... saw not a single one
Oh, how I smiled then, waiting so patiently
I'd make a wish... and bleed


While I waited I was wasting away
While I waited I was wasting away


I can remember... dreamt them so vividly
Soft creatures draped in white, light kisses gracing me

I can remember when I first realized
Dreams were the only place to see them


While I waited I was wasting away
While I waited I was wasting away
While I waited I was wasting away

Hope was wasting away
Faith was wasting away
I was wasting away


I never, never wanted this
I always wanted to believe

I never, never wanted this
How could I have become?
I never, never wanted this

But from the start I'd been deceived
I never, never wanted this
How could I have become?


I never, never wanted this
I always wanted to believe

I never, never wanted this
I never, never wanted this
But from the start I'd been deceived

I never, never wanted this

Inside a crumbling effigy

But you promised
So dies all innocence
But you promised me


While I waited I was wasting away
While I waited I was wasting away

While I waited I was wasting away
Hope was wasting away
Faith was wasting away

I was wasting away