1. BURDENED (FT. OF BURNING EMPIRES)

I remember, six months ago
When my best friends were, locked in my dresser
They were so comforting, under my skin
Six months ago I felt free

Oh, how hard it is
To keep your head above water
When thoughts of self destruction
Lie heavy on your shoulders

‘Cause it pulls you down to drown you
They pull you down, to drown you
These are not my friends
They’re objects with hearts cold as steel
And rather than loving them, I’m cutting the ties
Again, and again, and again
Again, and again, and again

I’d love to fall and bite the dust
For in that sleep of death (for it that sleep of death, what dreams may come)
And what blessings may come from my lucidity (Anything’s better than waking in the morning)

So rise from blood clots and ashes
Onward to a sky brighter than yourself
If you love something, let it go
Now my Raven is free to fly