These are trying times. Made to break the heart wide. But we still defy. We will make the dead rise. . We can't be silent. We can't belong. We have a promise.
There is a light I've seen beneath the end. Nothing below can seem to hold it in. . Deep enough to feel your heart break. To know I've gotta leave. Just below the surface, waiting.
[Intro]. Oh. . [Verse 1]. Give me the call and the power to be. Show me the will to lead and see me reign. Take me to a higher pain. Sever the burden and tell me to run.
There is a solace. A reason divine. Beneath the breakage of the words we said. In my delusion. You'd open your eyes. But that's a reasonless want of the dead.
I woke up on the edge. I felt my heart ascend. My hands were shaking. I heard that call again. Will hope bleed out the fear. Before I disappear. I'll wait in patience.
Drowning in desperation. Wide eyes, burning red. Taken by disconnected lust. Feed, choke, despise. They prey upon us. Our death of self-restraint. Maggots inhaling praise.
A Way Out. . (Intro). Whatever the price. I'll pay it. I'll do anything to see the light.. (Instrumental). Am I the only one who sees who you are?. Am I the only one who takes you this far?.
Shadows pouring like rain. Beneath a decay. Alone we wait for the end to come. We look for the signs. A glimmer of light. A crack in the sky. . What have we created?.
I'll be one less scattered. One less scarred, one less bound. One less divided by the ground you laid. The damage made. I won't be sold. Into your hallucinated hell.
I see now. We're all thats left. I can't begin to hold my breath. For something else. We gave in. Gave up on hope. We left them length enough in rope.
What unknown face now breaks the silence?. What tipping force disturbs the balance?. Swift and sober, comes a voice, offering a bitter choice. Take up a crime and serve the sentence, offer up a final penance.
All our gods have fled. Retreated to the skies. From there. they watch us fall. . Beneath unyielding scythe. A cold and callous blade. Indifference, swathed in blood.
The earth-child. Awakening. Returning waves of time. The blood that runs away from here. Unknown to the ones left behind. . These thorns are all I can feel.
In a little time so much has changed. Here I am again in that familiar place. Dreams may try to grow in the dark. But no fire can burn without the setting of a spark.
Old cruel road. It never ends. Tearing down. Every defense. . It leaves me. Worthless. Wandering. I've lost my way so many times. From first breath. To final rest.
Uncontested. Dripping personification. The putrid liquid. Washing all away. In the edge of mind. Lurks bleak sacred monster. Null incarnate. Defeater the way.
Piercing stare. Perceive the heart that I am holding. Metallic trails. Stream down my arms. It loved to swear. Upon the lies that it foretold to me. And I: its pawn.
We crawled. From the beginning. Oceans of blood. The price of living. Grasping gold. Always pursuing. Wealth untold. Others abusing. . I saw the end. Of all tomorrows.
Awake, unfazed,. Morning light tells of the dawning day. Just like any day. Brush off sleep's touch,. Clear midnight's haze. There's nothing extraordinary here,.
Sleep still and silent. Dream in stained glass scenes of violence. Claim the song sung by the sirens. Breathe shallow and quietly. . Stand before the corpse of the crow.