Thieves

A distant memory recounts the days We danced like shadows from the flame Time could not erase your kiss Only the taste of ash remains This silhouette of sin Burnt hollow from within Like wisps of smoke so gently sways The fragrance left on skin Released from ember’s end Like subtle notes cede to decay In these dying days all hope shall fade away A drifting reverie alights the way My vision blurs within the haze Wine could not erase your gift Forever seared now is your name This sweet caress of sin Still burns me deep within Like writhing melody I sway The redolence of skin With wounds that never mend Like passing time becomes depraved In these dying days all hope shall fade away In days to come I will mourn you In days to come I will join you

Speak the words “never again” Deny you ever suffered Salt the wound that will not heal What of yourself would you give to take the pain away? A pound for flesh for an ounce of sin? Slit the vein, swallow the poison The worm devours from within The sands of time Only count the days we suffer Etching compassion’s elegy A hatred so refined Birth darker days and stir from slumber The will to end humanity And so, betrayed by man And so, betrays again What was there left of us at last to fill our shallow grave but blackened hearts no one will mourn? Slip the spade, cover the carcass Forever dark after the dawn A hatred so refined Birth darker days and stir from slumber The will to end humanity And so, betrayed by man And so, betrays again And so, betrayed by man And so, betrayed by man Blood for the years I suffered Tears for the wound that would not heal Sweat from the fear that drags me under Dread for pain I no longer feel And so, betrayed by man

I’ve torn out my eyes so they might see Swallowed my tongue as not to deceive In the garden of the damned A grip of fear, jaws locked around my spine The scream clinging to my throat Light recedes as the Revenants approach So raise a hymn to an unrepentant moon For our sorrow never sleeps As a chorus of the damned Serenades our dreams So sad the song of our memories A black flame burns through the shadow of the night Showing doors I’ve never seen Amongst the rot in a Labyrinth of grief Shedding tears To an unforgiving sky For the misery we weave As a chorus of the damned Serenades our dreams I’ve torn out my eyes so they might see Swallowed my tongue as not to deceive Cradled this guilt (and) fell to my knees For one perfect breath I was complete For one perfect breath I was complete For one perfect breath I was complete

Who will save us from those who’ve betrayed us Those who disgrace us, lungs full of bone dust Who will save us from thieves so treasonous Crows speak and twist tongues our lives built on distrust Who will save us from those who've betrayed us Who will save us from thieves so treasonous Who will save us from those who’ve betrayed us Crows speak and twist tongues our lives built on distrust Who will save us from thieves so treasonous Who will save us from those who have betrayed us Who will save us from thieves so treasonous

The sun will never show its face again Black clouds in your eyes project the darkened skies Nailed to the emptiness of your face The sands of time will not stop for you I send this withered rose to you I send this withered rose to you on your tomb The sun will never shine on us again Black clouds in your eyes project the darkened skies Nailed to this wooden cross of your face The sands of time will always pass you by I send this withered rose to you I send this withered rose to you I will sing this sad song again As I send this withered rose to you on your tomb My memories tear my heart in two On your tomb...

Burn all testament of my dying faith through stained glass I see salvation fall around me All struggles will be in vain when you see there’s nothing left Tortured dreams the only rest wake to a blackened life The echoes that sing as they drown out your cries The echoes that turn into ashes in the skies The echoes that sting as the blood stains my eyes The echoes that burn sending ashes to the skies