I chose this week’s Metal Tuesday with the same care I do most weeks. This damn song has been playing almost nonstop in my head. Without further ado, Kamelot’s “Across the Highlands.”

Lyrics:

I’ve been witness to so many wars
That I’m blind to affliction
No ability left to remorse
It’s my faith and conviction
Wide awake
In this world
Full of hate
I unfurl

But I am damned
If life itself is condemnation
I am immortal
Thus my freedom is captivity
Flying all across the highlands
Searching for a way
To finalize my history
Rising high above the mountains
Reaching for the sky
Closer to my sanctuary

All my life I’ve been trying to die
Reach complete segregation
I am ready to open my eyes
To a new revelation

Lost in time
There’s no place
For my soul
In his embrace

For I am damned
If life itself is condemnation
I am immortal
And I can’t escape my destiny.
Bound to live eternity