1. FUCKING CHAINED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN

What do you want me to say?
What would you have me do?
Must I rip out my own tongue and deafen these ears, stop an
Uncomfortable conversation before it starts?
Must I tear out my own eyes, so I don't have to watch this
Constant self mutilation?
Excuses
Lies
I swallowed them whole
Must I bite my lip so hard that a river of blood will choke
Back the criticism you're sure to hear in my voice?
You cannot stop
I will not stop
Excuses and lies, I swallowed them whole
Oh, godless day with no sun to see that I've gone
And the night will not miss the breath from my lungs
It just moves on


2. WITH A COLD, LIFE EXTIGUISHING ELEGANCE

This freezing chamber is inescapable
These ashen walls are insurmountable
Empty sockets see nothing but black, black, black abyss
Endless gloom
Endless solitude
A lifeless form
Twilight eternal
The current sweeps their bodies to shore
The last reminder of the death they endured
Of the oceans depths, they are now sure
No escape
Reaper, join us.
Father of death, return to us.
Empty sockets see nothing but black, black, black abyss
We are all lost between hell and the sea
The surface is shimmering--just beyond our reach
Why? Why have we been abandoned?
Shadows grasp at the ghosts of memories
There is no release. There is no end in sight.
Tomorrow will never come. I cannot let go.
I can never let go.


3. I WAS IGNORED. AND JUDGED. AND CAST DOWN

Fire made flesh
Renounce the throne
Screams split the sky.
Fall to the sea
My heart has been reshaped in flames of treachery, bent
Beneath the hammering blows of alienation
It's now a dark thing of iron resolve and unyielding hatred
Grinding my teeth in contempt...
Free will made flesh
Renounce the divine
With black sword in hand,
My steps carry me back to my Tormentors
I realize all the grim sternness of my own cold building With its wealth of breathing misery and my own desolate Heart to endure it all
But it is the curse of greatness that it must step over dead
Bodies to create new life
And now there is change
The serpent has turned its head to strike its master
Those suffocating under dominion have broken their chains
Privilege destroyed
Wealth ground to dust
Power laid to waste
Grinding teeth in contempt, with black swords in hand,
Stepping over dead bodies, and creating new life