Upon a Withered Heart
The mind was never expected to fade, but the body disobeyed
a willingness to isolate isn’t enough, unwavering
couldn’t escape from this disheartened place, as all their eyes looked on
admittedely it felt good to be part of something crashing down, fading out
the cold, the ghost, I dare not obey, at the end would I give my life away
holding to a feeling I must not betray, on this road, I am on my own
It’s not just your words they’ll decry, but a tale so empty
blind resurgence, through what’s hopeless
breath and hide the sick look in your eyes
dark illusions no solutions
deep in the remains, a self righteous stain upon a withered heart
the shadow feeds on all parts of me
soon we’ll be fading out, crashing down
the cold, the ghost, I dare not obey, at the end would I give my life away
holding to a feeling I must not betray, on this road, I’m not on my own
Not on my own
A Life Once Known
Falling back on a habit that was broke before,
a lost part of me designed to fade the moment I awake
here’s no escaping from this pain I need to know that it’s not too late
for redemption, nothing left but a mind that was filled with its own hate
somebody save me from these ways I need to know its not too late for me
and i’ll stay til the very end
the forsaken dream
it’s getting cold
follow the path once known
The seeds we grow are not etched in stone but flow like the river that brings us home
the brilliant glow claimed as our own, buried beneath a life once known
holding on to a semblance of myself once more, everything I knew was thrown away as
I formed a new face
an understatement we must pay I want to feel now but it’s not the way
the night calls you over and brings your demise
Ruin
He looks upon his people as they fall to the floor from their aching lives,
the wine is sweeter with the luxury of a fading lie
breath the air that gifted your demise right in front me
how could you know how far I’d go to get what’s rightfully mine
I want to see your pain right in front me now, but we must wait for all the eyes of the town
forgotten people won’t forget the hell that they endured
thrown to the fire night eats the day, one by one we’ll show that they’re all the same
empty, i promise I will change, I swear you’ll be me one day,
it wasn’t fate that broke me down, it was all part of the game
break down these walls and through all their doors, take back life from those who take what is
yours, reach out to me, his fiery sleep
thrown to the fire as the night eats the day, one by one we will show that they’re all the same
Relic
Beating,
My heart beats
quicker than I dare to count
Trying
Hoping to
See another way out
I can’t understand, I can only
see that nobody’s
Happy, I fear there’s no move
There’s nobody else left to judge, and
fate has no
say, this was the choice
Twirl it around, a
key, a crown, a
torch in the cold could be
death for a town
Naive, confused, shameful fool
Lead us to poisoned waters
A silent goodbye is a scream in the night
I can’t stop, there’s nobody
Happy, I fear there’s no move
There’s nobody else left to judge, and
fate has no
say, this was the choice
Gentle, a warm hand
Close your eyes, its summer
A peaceful time, in peaceful eyes,
now cry, betray lies
Quench the flame and
turn to dust
all my sorrow
gifted trust
Still cinders burn that
melt the skin
there is no end I know
Realize truth unveiled
No will to mask it
Quench the flame, my
heart is lost
sorrow coats
love in rust
Coals ignite
destroy shadow
A gentle warm glow
show me where to go
Edge of Eternity
fall into the dream that i now see
and I don’t know if it is all meant to
kill me it won’t matter in the end
because you will always be with me, my friend
yes we all, we will fall at the end of at the end of existence we rise
and to what we don’t know but the story still goes forever on it doesn’t end it doesn’t die
we gaze up a blood red and the scene it will always fill our minds
for the rest of our lives we look to the skies asking why til we say our last goodbyes
standing on the edge of eternity
looking down i feel fear take a hold of me
I don’t know I only see, it’s far too late just to believe
is your vision of heaven a picture of eternal bliss
and are the storms of your nightmares gone with the wind
Fall into the dream I see, stand before eternity
Dusk
In shivering pain, I closed my eyes
Deep in darkness, I fell through the sky
Lost in thought and lost in time
I felt the fire ignite deep within and I cried for life to begin
And here I find wretched suffering
The wrath of kings and greed unending
And I feel the chance for redemption is over and I know now why I am here and I try to Forget my fear, forget my fear, forget my fear
Forget my fear
I’ll try to forget my fear
And the home I left is gone with the wind, but the new sun shines the way ahead,
For he’s overcome with lies of this earth? (regrets his life, regrets his light)
And leads us to overcome the worst (look toward the light, the end’s in sight)
Sundown somehow killed all those dreams, hell and it’s fire consoling it seems,
As I recount the sad memory, run out through the darkness climb out of the pit
And declare before death that this isn’t it, the sun will remember our names
After all everything I have seen I cannot explain why the darkness remains, hope’s now gone as we wake from this sleep, remember this song, remember this dream
I still see, and I still believe, and I remember why, I would give my life
In sad serenity I opened my eyes, and I recall the song, as I look toward the sky
Dark Cloud
I am awake at last, and now I’m finally aware,
No longer tied to the past,
The only question is where do I go now?
There is a presence here, you can’t stay here, hold on to what is near, do not fall into your fear
At last on this day I can see so far away, the dark cloud that consumed me has left without a hold,
The skies may be turning grey but I fear not the coming days, because I have found what I’ve been searching for so long
It’s a treacherous bottomless pit, do you fear the abyss? In your mind it’s what you’ve Always wanted, now you find yourself being hunted in this war
There is a presence, you can’t stay here, hold on to what is near, do not fall into your fears.
Requiem
Troubled nights I’d lie awake sometimes, I found no solace in these confines of mine
These cold days will soon fade away in to a new age in spring, I hope you find the light in these times
Darkness is this world before my eyes, a grey portrait of a thousand deaths a dimming light
Burnt to ashes but a amidst the carnage I see a flicker of light in the waste
And I can see the end and I cannot reach it
(is there something I don’t know)
Was hope a lie?
(Will I ever know the answer?)
I see the sunrise as I raise up from the lies
What’s to show for all of these tormented years I am lost in a consuming fear
What is left, what have we done?
The wind will take me home if I had the choice I would give my life again
Death will see me gone and here I lie sadly singing lullabies at the end
Tried as I might I could not put things right and regret would see me writhing in pain
and as this snow falls down this fire burns out, I leave you with not but a memory
Promise as I leave you all behind
(that you will breathe free again)
My last request as I leave this world my friend
I see my last sunrise and I know this is my last goodbye keep the fire burning bright in The darkness of time
and I know you will forever fight for the only thing I’ve ever known.
I am a ghost, I haunt the land, revenge is mine, I returned to see them die, the reddened Land will cherish the blood of the slain
I’ll remain here forever, remember my name
I see the sunrise, I feel it in my heart I can hear your cry in this everlasting night
Is this our glimpse of truth as the sun turns away?
The wind will take us home if I had the choice I’d live it once again, death has no control, Still here we stand sadly singing lullabies ’til the end
Visions of Awakening
Am I insane or is this all a nightmare
Who’s to judge the sane? If we’re all part of the same enigma
Keep on running through the ages, we can find the light, please break free out of the cages into the free night
Are you scared? should we be? An answer we will shortly know, one more day, one more dawn, we will go
A call to arms, a call to victory, when will we finally find our place in eternity?
Are you scared? Should we be? An answer we will shortly know, one more day, one more dawn, we will go
Now that we’ve found our stars are burning brighter, life we’ve forsaken for far too long
Now that we know our destiny is farther, off in the distance is where we will go
A call to arms, a call to victory, when will we finally find our place in eternity?
Are you scared? Should we be? An answer we will shortly know, one more day one more dawn we will go
For it all, What is life? An answer we may never know, one more day one more journey through our souls
Song for the Lost
I hide a fracturing mind inside myself
A ghost of a former life escapes my view
Or is it a tale of a future not yet told
I fear the end but new beginnings slowly unfold
And now as the sky turns black, I linger alone
And I’m scared that if my soul won’t let me do, what I need to do
Another day it shines over me in this dark abyss I’ve never seen more clearly
and even if the worst hasn’t passed, well I know that I’ll find my home at last
A life that is stained with disappointment regret and strife
At least the horizon speaks without any lies
Another war is waged out of uncertainty
Will there be a day when the magic of dreams hold sway
Another day it shines over me in this dark abyss I’ve never seen more clearly
And even if the worst hasn’t passed, well I know that’ll find my home at last
Eidolon
I held my breath as gazed upon these cliffs of stone
Towering over the abyss, the deep unknown, no more time to wait, I was brought here by fate
I can hear them coming, and their screams tell me their hate
Why am I still waiting? Is this my final ending as I mourn for the days long gone?
Life slips away, to my weary dismay
As I draw my last breath, I’ll wait here for death
It was me, I told them I could see, the fault of their cruel ambition and now they drove me away
I ran for the sea, maybe they wouldn’t catch up with me
I hoped that I had time but here I am about to die
I had told them my truth now they cower behind their lies
Here I stand on this threshold of stone, I fall into the great unknown
Life slips away, to my wary dismay, I’m drawing, my last breath, It’s here I welcome death
Time is slowing down, I can see their faces peering over the cliffs edge, but it’s odd ’cause I’m calm
I’m calm now, but now I wonder what is next
Is darkness the final chapter in this tale? Is there nothing left to tell? How can the prelude to nothingness ever be the majesty of life, perpetual beauty?
It was me, I told them I could see, but now I’m not so sure, as I throw open the final door, the final door
Life breathes in me, I cannot believe, and how they could not see, is how I know that I’m free
Spectrum
Only poisoned memories deeply breathe, sorrows remedy
Now we’re fading, in her embrace, we sit gazing, demons waiting
Rise above, fleeting words, the light provokes me, and all I know, is if we fall, please know I tried
She sways in the wind, her leaves caught my eye, a spectrum of the incessant life
No place to begin, a vision, a sign will uproot our dream our dreams beneath the sunrise
Oh (our souls still feed in there)
It’s so cold (so cold when we breathe in there)
And we know (how we feel when we see their stares)
That this tree grows
Feeding insecurities, rooted seething, absolves my soul
Now we’re hating, mountains crashing, eyes abstaining, from the hazing
Rise above, fleeting words, the light awoke me, and all I know is fear, and praying won’t save me
Rise above, this bleeding curse, and let life break free, with all I am and will become, this world is plenty
Rise above this bleeding curse and let life break free, all I knew was fear, and staying has saved me
In Forgotten Sleep
Slowly awakened by the light, these silent goodbyes to a
Life of mere flashes before my eyes, the memory will die by night
Though I try to recall, all that I saw, here I wait for sunrise
If the sun gave away to mortal decay
Into darkness I would roam,
At its last sunset, we should not forget
As we still carry on
The somber chill that enslaved the very air, held me breathless before
And songs unsung revive what we lived for, yet we still search for more
As the cold gives away, to a new day, that we dared not hope for
Here I look out far
In this forbidden place
And remember days long past
To find strength for today
And if hope had failed
We might not have lived at all
Gazing at the darkened sky
We can still see the stars
If the sun gave away to mortal decay
Into darkness I would roam,
at its last sunset, we should not forget
As we still carry on (and on)
I recall the subtle chill
As the quiet settles in
It must be a test of will
And if I feared this scene
Its because I must have known this
In my darkest dreams
Deep in the dark
We found our hearts
And sorrow we reaped
In forgotten sleep
If the sun gave away to mortal decay
Into darkness I would roam,
at its last sunset, we should not forget
As we still carry on