And So, Betrayed

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