a lesson before dying

• symphony xin kendi adını taşıyan ilk albümündeki (1995) son parça.
  
  a chill grows near you're faced with fear
  a darkened day you'll see it clear
  
  your shadows call while you stand tall
  watch before me while you fall
  
  times are changing, rearranging
  where's the answer we've all been looking for
  transient dreaming do you believe in
  i am the answer to it all
  
  where are you heading to time will tell
  to a destiny that fate knows well
  so fly away
  
  victim of the silence - wipe the cob - webs from your eyes
  beware the season - the lies, the treason, the pain
  
  you're running in reverse now - while struggling to break
  free
  the path you strayed from can only lead to dismay
  
  living a timeless tale
  behold the truth unveiled
  passion and glory fill my heart
  knowing my fate
  
  nightmare of fantasy
  untrue reality
  learning the lesson
  as we fight to stay alive
  
  awakened by the thunder - crashing conscience
  through your mind
  persistent voices - all evils call out your name
  
  tears can break the silence - let your doubts
  and fears be heard
  you're releasing inned peace from your soul
  
  marching on staff in hand
  falling into darkness
  carry on through the endless nights calling
  
  living a timeless tale
  behold the truth unveiled
  passion and glory fill my heart
  knowing my fate
  
  nightmare of fantasy
  untrue reality
  learning the lesson
  as we fight to stay alive
  
  crying downs your doubts and fears
  they say that time just might heal the wounds of love
  
  it replaces shattered traces of dispair
  looking out through all the years
  they say that time just might heal the wounds of love
  it replaces
  
  love will light the darkness there
  bringing some hope into view
  it replaces the nameless faces of loneliness that you once
  knew
  
  marching on staff in hand
  falling into darkness
  carry on through the endless nights calling
  
  living a timeless tale
  behold the truth unveiled
  passion and glory fill my heart
  knowing my fate
  
  nightmare of fantasy
  untrue reality
  learning the lesson
  as we fight to stay alive
• j. gaines'ın üsküdar amerikan lisesi'nde okulan kitabı. güzel gibi ama karamsar bir romandır^*. idam cezası almış bir zenciye şerefli bir şekilde ölebilmesi için insan olmanın ne demek olduğunu anlatmaya çalışan bir öğretmeni konu alıyor.