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silently i walk in the garden
flowers once in bloom have died
a solitary statue that crumbled so long ago
still sits and waits for your return
serene and overgrown
in here we are alone
as creeping vines tighten their grip around what's left of the stone
i place a crown of thorns like a halo over the figure destroyed by time
and scatter pastel petals on the ground as our final offering to you
now that the burden has finally been lifted
i purify the grounds with cleansing sage
it's fragrant smoke gives way to fire
i know i must burn this effigy...
i know i must destroy this memory
from restless dreams i wake
i thought i saw your face
silence. decay. i wait. i fade.
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The Last Embrace
03:04
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thoughts that fill my mind with dread
all the things that i never did
burn a candle for you
light of my life
i hope you'll find your way home someday
dancing in the ever after, i will wait
i hope you'll find your way home someday
until then, i'll be waiting
i still feel you all around
follow the sound
thought i saw a shadow in the night
thought i heard your voice pierce like a knife
burn a candle for you
light of my life
i hug your ashes and close my eyes
just to see you one more time
the cold embrace of death feels warmer than here now that you're gone so let the light take me until i'm home
home again, with you
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Flesh Prison
03:51
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shattered halos
clipped wings
i'll destroy any servant of the king
don't you want to die?
setting fire to the flames
rid the world of everything you touched
it’s all too much
in heaven, everything is fine
the face of god looks just like mine
don't you want to die?
if paradise is on the other side
swallow your pride
become a martyr
don't you want to die?
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Recurring Nightmare
01:13
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Mercy
04:59
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so tired of being tired
wishing i wasn't awake
holding on to this hatred in my heart
it's already too late
no love can save me from the bleakest days
the inescapable chase
the feeling of the wire tightening around my neck
open the hellmouth
swallow me
open the hellmouth
consume me
the promise of a tomorrow that never comes
there is no release
every night demons that torture punish me while i weep
there is no mercy for the weak
inhale the smoke as twisted visions replay
burning herbs to try to cleanse that which has no future
that which has no end
the oracle tells me of my fate as her eyes roll back into her head
begin my descent as salvation slips away
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All Is Dust
04:20
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chains that once shackled wrists have broke
she has waited
she is patient
return to the dirt
let the roots entangle us.
ashes to ashes
inhale dust
flowers bloom as we begin to die
a rose for every thorn plucked from our side
a silent spring
an offering
soil swallows whole what used to cast a shadow
disintegrate
accept our fate:
man must fall
coughing ash
a blank stare
the face of a god that doesn't care
gaia bleeds for our sins
we set fire to our own heaven
as the hand of death reaches out
how i've waited
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Field Of Souls
04:21
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angel of my desire take my heart away
far from here there are golden fields where we can lay
and gaze at the sun
daring the end to come
if i die before i wake, my soul is yours
the final redeemer from this earthly suffering
angel of my desire help me sleep tonight
descending with grace and wings of light
there are flowers round your eyes
reflecting the last sunrise
fading into the great beyond among a field of souls
i'll burn for you forevermore
because i like the pain.
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Sorrow
01:05
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no sun.
no light.
no end in sight.
alone in a pitch black room as it all sinks in
dull the blade, prolong the pain, this journey has just begun
they chain me to a table
they flay me of my skin
"this is exquisite sorrowing"
begging for salvation, longing for your touch
"and still you will have not suffered enough"
i see your face on the other side of grief
a temporary reverie, lost, every time i wake
so here i sit in this cell waiting for release
i sleep but never rest, i bleed but never die
peel back the ribs and let them in, they take until there's nothing
(a prisoner of time)
this dream of pain will never end
on waking, i still miss you
(in a panopticon of pain )
a pound of flesh for my final breath-
please let this end.
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Dark Ritual
04:21
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blood seeps into the stone tonight
the altar reaps and darkness emerges
let this chalice overflow
drink it deep
this sin
under cover of a moonlit night
in a clearing figures gather
perform a chant to raise the dead...
bring about the end...
or a new beginning?
as the smoke starts to rise over the exhumed body
the smell of flesh and sulfur leaves you paralyzed
in secret, this dark ritual has begun
we call upon the three spirits:
grief, pain, and despair
become our sacrifice
reject life
become our sacrifice
in shadows we rise...
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