The Wretched Ground Beckons Lyrics

These bones are not old
Yet still weary
They have carried
A weight

They no longer

Wish

To

Bear

Wasting away

As sickness
Gnaws at the parts
Once
Loved

A soul crushed
With not enough

To rebuild

Will time heal the wounds

On its own or will it consume them
All
The same

Will darkness find them
Or will it turn out
The light

Death circles
Above like vultures

Waiting
For me to give in

Let the weight
Finish
Killing me

It laughs in familiar tones
Yet they feel so foreign

I want to laugh with them
But nothing stirs my soul

Wrapped

In sadness
Constricting like a snake

I can't
Break
Free

The mass delirium dooms

Tombs skewer the vision

Prey life

Dreams warp quickly
Into nightmares
A wraith draped
In tattered robes
Hangs near by but
Watching struggles

Again

The good in me
Has been
Replaced by
Death

The hope in me
Has been
Replaced by
Fear

Death and fear chew at
the edges of my being

The woods are still deep
The nights are always dark
But I can move again
The end
Is nearer
I feel

The snows
Will soon arrive

Reach out
Fleeting visions

Haunt
My dreams
And I am free

Rest these bones
Reinvigorate

THE SOUL