Jenova Project - The Strangers Lyrics

The strangers come down today
They weren't surprised to find me here
They said it was part of a cycle
What does that mean?
Have I just been a fool?
Thought I control destiny?
But it's unavoidable
Just like the end of me

All that begins must come back around
Like a serpent biting its own tail
An eternal ouroboros
Infinitely devouring everything
How could I ever believe
That consequence would escape me
Was I just a fool?
Have I relished in this too long

My place, my palace
Defunct before I even knew glory
Predictive is my decline
These circles seem so constant
But how can I interpret these signs?
Was in this futality

Nothing but lost letters on parchment
Writing me off from history
Will I be falsely remembered
As the ultimate enemy?
All I wanted was peace everlasting
Was it a crime to hide visions of yesterday?

So often now I contemplate
But I lack the clarity
To translate what the strangers said
Lost to the taint of humanity
It seems so obvious now
Don't have the means to motivate
Can't seem to find the point now
When you're a slave to fate
Just a slave to fate