https://peertube.lernetholenia.de/videos/watch/e3ed6bd9-f04a-469e-b641-ad9db9508dd5 Lyrics: The Tyranny of the Flesh Verse 1 The body calls with hunger and with thirst, A constant voice, relentless as a curse. It drags me back from every dream I know, Demanding what it needs before I go. Through pain and weariness it makes its claim, Reminding me that I am not the same. Verse 2 This fragile house of blood and bone and skin, So easily broken by the world it lives in. Each year another strength is swept away, Another small surrender to decay. The hands grow slow, the eyes no longer see, And time keeps carving marks upon me. Chorus The body rules, the mind gives way, To hunger, pain and slow decay. If all I am is blood and bone, Who dreams these dreams when I'm alone? Verse 3 But where's the soul they promised from the start? Where hides the spirit deep within the heart? It seems a shadow cast by flesh and brain, A fleeting spark that flickers in the rain. Is consciousness a flame that will remain, Or only chemistry that mimics pain? Chorus The body rules, the mind gives way, To hunger, pain and slow decay. If all I am is blood and bone, Who dreams these dreams when I'm alone? Verse 4 I thought the mind was captain of the ship, Yet every noble thought begins to slip. For hunger, fear and weakness take control, And drag their chains across the dreaming soul. The flesh commands, the spirit must obey, And death waits patiently to have its day. Chorus The body rules, the mind gives way, To hunger, pain and slow decay. If all I am is blood and bone, Who dreams these dreams when I'm alone? The body rules, the mind gives way, To hunger, pain and slow decay. If all I am is blood and bone, Who dreams these dreams when I'm alone? Mon, 06 Jul 2026 15:34:21 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.lernetholenia.de https://peertube.lernetholenia.de/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://peertube.lernetholenia.de/videos/watch/e3ed6bd9-f04a-469e-b641-ad9db9508dd5 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.lernetholenia.de/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.