Fragments of Once Songtext
von Sparrow Falls

When i found Archie sobbing
In his two-room apartment littered with trash
He looked more dead than alive
All skin and bones, clenching a rusty knife.
From the floor in semi-darkness
A pair of hollow eyes looked up
And a hoarse voice muttered madly
"Too late, all is lost. I've no other choice you see?"

He was a marked man and his features surely showed.
All the choices made led him down this road.
From bad to worse to unspeakable,
He was no wings to lift him from the filth.


It's either all or nothing
As my dear sheds tears of blood
I either want emptiness
Or truth in all I've got

Is there anyone out there
To take him by the hand?
To hold him close and whisper
"With you I'll take this stand"

He's a hollow man now

His flesh a mere smell.
It's either all or nothing
As my dear sheds tears of blood
I either want emptiness
Or truth in all I've got
Or truth in all I've got
It's either all or nothing
As my dear sheds tears of blood
I either want emptiness
Or truth in all I've got