TIMELESS SLEEP WHERE I LIE DREAMING
SHADOWS STEEPED IN NIGHTMARES STIR
TARNISHED WEEP WITH HEARTS UNGLEAMING
BEND THY KNEE OR MY WRATH INCUR
BLIGHTED SHEEP, THE LIGHT DECEIVES THEE
DARKNESS BECOME THY SHEPHERD
I'LL KEEP MY BROTHER THRALL BENEATH ME
CALL UPON AN AGE TO BREAK MY CURSE
OH, KINDRED OF MINE, THY WINGS ARE WILTED
LIKE FALLING LEAVES FROM ROTTING TREES
HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN AFFLICTED?
'TWAS MY BLOOD I DREW TO WATER THE ROOTS
OF A SAPLING, THAT HAS YET TO GROW (I CAN GROW AS A SEED TO BE SOWED)
MISSHAPEN AND PUTRID
FORSAKEN THIS CRUCIBLE
I WILL REMAKE AS MY OWN
OF KINDNESS, I MYSELF DIVEST
THAT I MAY SHRIVE
THIS HEART OF FLESH
ONCE GILDED WITH GRACE
BUT NO WILL THAT WAS GREAT DID I FIND
NOW MY GOLD HAS A HOLIER SHINE
I'M ALL OUT OF TOUCH
CUT OFF FROM THE FINGERS
I WON'T NEED 'EM MUCH
NO FORCIN' MY HAND
'CAUSE I WILL NOT BUDGE
SO I'M FORGIN' A PLAN
THE IRON IS STRUCK
IN THE FIRES OF MY MOTHER'S VENGEANCE
THE VOID
MAY TANGLE WITH LIGHT
BUT MY MIGHT'S UNALLOYED
WHAT'S IN YOUR MIND
IS MINE TO CREATE
FOR I CAN DESIGN
A WILL THAT IS GREAT
MY NEEDLE ENTWINING
TETHERS OF FATE
YET SEVERS THE GODS
OUTSIDE OF MY GRACE
IF YOU HAVE NOT FELT IT
THEN I SHALL COMPEL YOU TO SEE
RISE FROM YOUR LIFELESS SLEEP
WITH EYES AGLEAMING
I SHALL REAP A GENTLER WORLD
TARNISHED, LEAP WITH FAITH UNYIELDING
BEND THY KNEE
EMBRACE MY CURSE
OH, SISTER
I'VE SWORN TO SAVE OUR KIND
I'M SPLINTERED (NOW TWINLESS)
I MISS HER (SO DISTANT)
NO MORE A SAINT AM I
WHAT'S BROKEN I'LL FIX
WITH THE HOPE YOU'VE BEEN GIFTED
SO YOU'LL HOLD TRUE TO MY VISION
EVEN IF THIS HALO'S YOUR PRISON
TO REVILE WHAT HAS HORNS
YOU DENY SOMETHING MORE
'CAUSE A BLIGHT CAN BE BRANDISHED
LIKE ANY SWORD
WHEN THIS OMEN FELL
I SEIZED IT
SO THAT NO ONE ELSE COULD READ IT
I SEETHE WITH LOVE
MY WEAPON - FEARSOME
KEEP IT SHARP
AND WIELD IT WELL
EQUAL ARE WE ALL TO BECOME
ONE FOR ALL
THY SOULS SHALL MELD
I SEVERED THE LINE
THAT LED TO THE GRAVE
NOW LOOK IN THE LIGHT
HOW BLINDING YOUR FAITH
WE'RE LEAVING BEHIND REGRESSION - A STATE
THAT I WILL DENY
ASCENSION AWAITS
I POUR, FROM MY BLOOD, COURSING TORRENTS OF LOVE
UNTO THEE
RISE FROM YOUR LIFELESS SLEEP
WITH EYES AGLEAMING
I SHALL REAP A GENTLER WORLD
TARNISHED, LEAP WITH FAITH UNYIELDING
BEND THY KNEE
EMBRACE MY CURSE