Phantom Pain, Pt. 2

I was locked under the mountain, feeling cold and numb

Five hundred winters, waiting for the sun to come

Now I'm Victorious Buddha, look at what I've become

I got the gold in my vein, but I feel so dumb

The Jade Emperor gives me wine and gold

A perfect story that is meant to be told

The Fairies dance, they do what they are told

This Paradise never gets old, never gets cold

I have the Immortal Body, I have the fame

No one dares to speak the Monkey's name

I should be happy in this holy game

But every sunset looks the same

But when the chanting stops and silence falls

I hate the echo in these golden halls

I try to say I love these sacred walls

But the high, it hits the walls

Cause sometimes I touch my head

And that's where I find

The Empty Shell

That I left behind

I try to fall in love

With this Immortal life

But the sober pain

Cuts me like a knife

Said I'm fine

But I'm lying to myself

Cause I feel nothing

Inside this Shell

The Monk is gone, the scriptures are all read

No more mantras spinning in my head

But in the mirror of the riverbed

I see the eyes of everyone I bled

White Bone, she just wanted to be free

You made me kill her, made a God of me

Now I'm the Savior that I had to be

But is this really victory?

But when the chanting stops and silence falls

I hate the echo in these golden halls

I try to say I love these sacred walls

But the high, it hits the walls

'Cause sometimes I touch my head

And that's where I find

The Empty Shell

That I left behind

I try to fall in love

With this Immortal life

But the sober pain

Cuts me like a knife

Said I'm fine

But I'm lying to myself

'Cause I feel nothing