Light and darkness
combined into one
Forcing brightness
towards a burned out sun
Dangling on a knife’s blade
Blinded by hope
Dreams disappearing
down a pitch black hole

A coalition between heaven and hell
An embrace that won't end with death
Denied of choice and forced to become

As above - So below

Forever buried above the mortal ground
When the light escapes my eyes and drowns
A figure within the eternal abyss
You are the flame that never goes out

Forever buried above the mortal ground
When the light escapes my eyes and drowns
A figure within the eternal abyss
I am the nocturnal fire burning within

An ungrateful quest for the endless breath
A dying world descends into the void
The parallel path to our ultimate domain
I am the nocturnal fire burning within

[instrumental]
“The defiance of affection”

[instrumental]
“The betrayal of affliction”

I’ve lived through permanence
I’ve lived through stagnant days
lost in the darkness
of a nostalgic haze

written by my sorrows
carved into my flesh
Tales of lost battles
This eulogy to the end

Another decade of betrayal
in this lifetime of grief
Through the mist I see
As death comes reaping

I keep holding on to suffering
And to the relics of the past
I’ve let them wither in ruins
On this regretful path

As long as my wounds bleed
As long as my heart griefs
As long as I live this tragedy
Time won’t heal anything

Oh celestial death
Reaping from the grey sky
As you take my last breath
hear out these desperate cries

Take the weight of my burden
And chain these to my limbs
So I can drown in penitent grief
and find solace at the bottom of the sea

The length of time
The weight of suffering
The trophies of failure
The grief etched into my skin
The suffering of tomorrow
The haunting of the past
Will death still bring me relief
Even when it’s by my own hand?