Wings ablaze
Scorching the air with the ground in my sights
Earth is razed
No hope left to carry me forth
The crash is imminent
I descend through the blizzards and blistering snow
Still, I'm not there
I must hurry, for there's fire below
They're gaining on us
They're gaining on us
My eyes straight (they're gaining on us)
Is this fate (they're gaining on us)
With blood streaming
Rivers of life flying towards the sky
Vision fading now
My balance leaving me
My fingers frozen
I won't feel your face again
A price I'm willing to pay
I look toward thee, Alphard
I'll never see daylight
But I've seen enough
I've singed the last whisper
You can't reach me now
I'll never see daylight
But I've seen enough
They're gaining on us
They're gaining on us
My gaze fixed (on a dimming sky)
Our wings clipped (never to fly)
Again

Winds, frigid rain, accents to my soul
Each arrow’s knowledge gained, regardless what they stole

The sights I’ve seen
The cries I’ve heard
The torment witnessed
The peace I’ve earned… can never be yours

The years deceive us, and make us forget
Our vibrant past, and solemn regret
The leaves are falling, their song I must heed
The sages speak, their knowledge need

And as their arrows seek ground
My flesh embraces every piercing round
I am finally set free
Keep close… my memory

Winds, frigid rain, accents to my soul
Each arrow’s knowledge gained, regardless what they stole

The sights I’ve seen
The cries I’ve heard
The torment witnessed
The peace I’ve earned… can never be yours

Stand
Frozen
Dread instilled
In the motionless void, the hands of time are still

Stare
Breathless
Draped in guilt
In the realm which is gray, the quiet starts to kill

Colorless and frail, with every minute that is sure to pass
The pillars of hope, now adorn the earth
Slowly we inhale, to realize there’s no one there
You are a ghost, no one’s coming for you

No one’s coming for you

The hands of time commence
Whether you’re ready makes no difference
Don’t blame the hand that deals
As you begin to kneel
The hands of time spare none
Heartlessly ticking on and on
Dismantling your bliss
Your prayers have been dismissed

Breath
Slowing
Lungs don’t fill
In the motionless void, the hands of time are still

Frost
Scatters
Callous chill
On the coldest of stones, my blood begins to spill

Colorless and frail, with every minute that is sure to pass
The pillars of hope, now adorn the earth
Slowly we inhale, to realize there’s no one there
You are a ghost, no one’s coming for you

In the motionless void, the hands of time are still

Grinding
Crushing
All I’ve built

As the pillars collapse, my destiny’s fulfilled

Slow, and with great care
I descend these jagged steps of quiet despair
May they lead to pain eternal… or inordinate bliss
There is nothing I could welcome more than… eternity’s kiss

I have never felt this cold before
Lost betwixt the rights and wrongs
Blood drips from a weak and fractured core
Never to soar

Mercy escapes my grasp
Penance, your ask is vast
Mercy, where have you gone?
Penance, to sing your psalm

Reaching far into my soul
Hollowed caverns, ever-deep
You seek some semblance of control
Yet there’s not a trace… I am a ghost

Standing on the crumbling debris
Not a sound for miles around
Look around, what is left from me?
The ash on the ground

Life is cold and merciless
Its’ song engrained within our hearts
There is only one regret
I wish I knew from the start

Mercy escapes my grasp
Penance, your ask is vast
Mercy, where have you gone?
Penance, to sing your psalm

Under a frozen star, taken far from their reach
The final approach begins, focused on closing the breach
The gentle voice of a stoic brook quietly calling me close
The welcoming waters shimmer, hiding faces of whispering ghosts

Of cries below
There’s little I know
But I’ll find your secrets, your coveted glow

Your sun may rise again but I’ve been breathing on borrowed time
There is no place for angels
In this silent heaven of mine

Authors
Of aquatic graves
Sleeping
Deep beneath the waves
Tell me
What I must seek
Guide me
Your words I will speak

It seems just a moment ago, my gaze was lost in a sea of stars
My spirit calm, my eyes transfixed on the shining prophets afar
I could not see you coming, though I knew that you exist
Collapsed on my knees, I stare at the ground, engulfed by this fathomless mist

Of songs above
Not much I know of
I don’t seek your secrets, your coveted love

Your sun may rise again but I’ve been breathing on borrowed time
There is no place for angels
In this silent heaven of mine

Authors
From ethereal graves
Soaring
High above the waves
Teach me
To master this curse
Guide me
Through this hell I traverse