The Soul Sharpening Hours
Come to me
In the grand stillness of the mind
And revel
In internal infinity
Fall now
Constrained by false tethers
And unlink
From the wakeful world
And seek now
Forever which that has been withheld
In your mind’s eye
Opened - once more
And seek now
That which is your birthright
The clarity of the eternal
Awakened - within.
Now within grasp
Reach out - into the unknown
And see what is waiting
Just beyond the veil
And peer out
Into their heavenly glade
Not with disgust
But with knowing
And feel now
The wisdom surging
The wakefulness
Forever - untainted.
I Must Escape
I’ll try again - to escape, this body of mine
The cycle repeats - there is, no other way
Buried the needle - in the haystack I can’t see
My own reflection - so pale, and dead!
I - Must Escape!
I feel your hatred now but I will not relent.
I - Will stand astray!
Clasping the tightened rope I mock your final day.
Everywhere I am - I have already been
Wherever I turn - I see it in my sleep
Nights of rest - repugnant now, and gray,
Lost I was - drowned in endless rain!
Not anymore!
Every time - I lay awake,
I can feel it - standing, behind me
Every time - I feel its presence,
It's making me - need to escape.
I - Must Escape!
I feel your hatred now but I will not relent.
I - Will stand astray!
Clasping the tightened rope I mock your final day.
I - Will Escape!
I’ve drawn myself to hell, and now I seek the end.
I - Won’t fade away!
You’ll be my final one to carry on my name!
You Left Me Behind
They took my life - wretched in the morning light,
Lost and afraid
I swore to you - never to begin again
But here I am
I've paid my price - please grant me the pass of time,
And set me free
I've lost so much - held on to your pallid touch
Am I awake?
They found me there - broken by the final rest
In my demise
I crawled to you - tainted, sick and suffering
Yet you declined
Never again I'll fall
For this weakening pain
My death is my own
To wield!
I've paid my price - please grant me the pass of time
And set me free
I've lost so much - held on to your pallid touch
Am I awake?
You hate me
You Left me behind
You hate me
You hate me
Memento (Of A Lossless Time)
I felt your presence
Beyond the gnarled pines
Your withering figure
Could no more - deny me what was mine
I had lost all ambition
Enshrined in the black
What time had raped from me
I would surely take back
But beneath the gray
I saw - your fearful face
Forlorn, and trepid
What more could I - stand - to - lose - !
In the wake of your misery
My memento –
In the wake of your misery
I’ll find you there –
I could await you no longer
Not in the haze of that day
All but sorrow lay on those words
And the tongue - knew - no - misery
There was nothing of hatred
And of bleak silence in death
There was naught that - could near reach
The ears of the child that slept
And I could not fathom
The smile that you wore
This endless absolution
Had quelled all fear in my heart
I’ll find you there
Godless Day
The death of dusk
Has crossed my eyes
And now the sky turns black
When I died
They shifted gaze
And turned their wretched backs
Sleeping now forevermore
I will light this world aflame
There is no rest for the ones who fall
I will anguish not at your pain
This is your godless day
Grinding teeth
I will not love
When the light above grows false
Take from me
All that I am
And grant me what I want
With three eyes closed
In flames you’ll fall
And I will see this end
The last on earth
My holy spawn
Is above your hopeless ilk
In time - you’ll come to worship
My omniscient figure
In death - you’ll grow to care
When I am judgement
In spite - you’ll try to flee
But to where?
In fear - you’ll call my name
But I am malice.
The crumpled flesh
Is no longer mine
Forsaken - I am now
By humanity
I am beyond
This mortal skin I’ve shed
In reverence
To the outer god
Who has let me rule this day
I am met
With the impossible
The servitude I’ve sworn
There is no might
Without its cost
An eternity for my rage
In wicked bliss
This punishment
Was wrought upon my frame
Like a raging wind
From beyond my sight
An imperceivable change
Invisible
My shackles are
Now you smile at my pain.
The Man In My Eye
Instrumental
Their Silent Ballad
The fragments
Of their silken cloaks
Grace - my palms
They dance
About the corners
Of my eyes
Aloft - they whisper
Tales of old
To my child
They’re lost
In this trance
In this life
Can you - hear them?
Or have you - left me too?
I know you’re there
Still awaiting my call
I vow to lead your dance
Forevermore
I can see them now
Gowned in white
They flow like water
Away from strife
You wasted it all
On what was never real
I carried you away
But you stood astray!
I tried to save you
From all of their hate
What spectral wishes
Have torn you from me?
I know you’re there
Still awaiting my call
I vow to lead your dance
Forevermore
I can see them now
Gowned in white
They flow like water
Away from strife