A cord pulsing through, a labyrinth of regret
Mounds of web and dust, depleting wells of trust

Aghast in seclusion memories remain
Images damn and curse and mock
A familiar fiend pulls the cord, palms sweating
Veins pulsing drenched in blood and froth
My mind flares, memories tear
How do you fight against gravity?
A constant pull to the void below, soul lost to frailty
My voice punctures like nails through oak
Repeating scripts with the most harrowing of notes
Over encumbered with this guilt
Self-hatred, sabotage to the hilt

Condemned, this cord binds me, shackled to see innocence die once more
Futile, torment chasing, fleeing from this reflection I abhor
Derelict, body a ruin, denizens of contempt, they adore
Hell bent, fight to avoid, overruled, admire the horror

In this pollution I was baptized, born with this cord around my neck
Cold hands tore at me, comfort of vultures seeking a peck
One mute, the other humming a dirge marching me through their hold
Mounds of filth, dew of cadaverine, carnage creeps through the shadows folds

Past silk blinds, this creature slept
Crimson cursed rivers as she wept
Dreams to elope, her mind oft lept
New fruit to nourish except
As feet stepped and mind set
Hounds unleashed as did beasts
As my heart, my heels did beat
Feel the pull, all hope ceased
Grasping at rock, earth and stone
Claws towing, fuck that moan
I recall all this before, rendered in gore
These halls call once more

Repetitious, years go by
Constant desire to flee I try
Snared again, the past begins
Broken limbs with defeating hymns

You'll amount to nothing, a tattered doll made flesh
What lies inside in cancer behind your breast
No use to fight, you must damn the light
When your breath ends, nirvana begins
Your accursed touch it brings the night
Powerless you'll fall, a leech so contrite
Wishing you can outrun? A pitiful sight
When your breath ends nirvana begins

Awareness sets in it speaks no truth, it just feeds on agony,
The past it grips me, restrained by a leash,
but head on you may defeat this grief
Avoidance increases the beasts might
Alter, correct and fight
Catch it, redefine it and control this life

Igniting tinder, ghouls adorned in flames
House in immolation knowing that I'll forever remain
Standing tall amongst the ashes I define
If I'm to stay, rebuild, and I'll make it mine