Ah, as the day fades there is a lack of relief
I believed so earnestly that one moment could end this torment
It all amounted to nothing
For the curse remains, a black mark upon my soul
It's a black and white world
And it's fading
Yet my curse remains
I've let it all go
So much has gone to waste
How we locked ourselves in our grim vaults
So murky a tomb
We can't live life as wraiths anymore
We, burdened as we were, set upon our duteous task
With honour, loyalty, unrequited love
The fate that awaits us still so infinitely preferred
To the damnation we would have regardless
We would have fought our footsteps
As they echoed on the stair
Dull, resounding thuds as they made their descent
To the place where so many of these stricken times began
Some tortures still endure
The imperfections are our internal confirmation
Yet otherwise undetected
Cross yourself
That you might evade those clutches
That have a stranglehold on me
Let your eyes sleep not in the starlit skies
The constant observation of our flawed alteration
No one can take away such experience as we have had
For the darkness is imprinted in our minds eye
We can't escape those memories
We've tried so hard to set the past to rest
We've tried so hard
As the sunlight stings our eyes, as it kissed the morning dew
We tried so hard
Cross yourself
That you might evade the clutches
That have a stranglehold on me
Cross yourself
That you fear not the rest you'll find
When you finally lay your head
Deepest sympathies
Broken trusts that fell away
You have our condolences
Go rest and find your sleep
Be so still that sound escapes you not
Listen hard that your ears burn
Listen hard that you won't be taken unawares
The past is so terrible, so enticing to behold
That we fight not to sink
Into the comfort of knowing that good came
For why worry over what this future holds
At least the past is secure
So hard to forget, let's try to forget
The scars that cross our souls
Cross yourself
That you might evade the clutches
That have a stranglehold on me
