Doubts' knife pierces the veil A void beyond lingers Old apparitions shifting Recreating themselves from dreams Darkness strikes once again Singing bones haunt the blackness Horrors moving unseen Trails left in the night An immovable tragic dance A battle of ancients Locked into a final stance Forever entwined You fleeting youth Find solace So eager to burn Rest your tired head And be born, be born anew In spite of our failure In spite of our defeat In spite of our victory Before the light You fading elder Seek absolution So unwilling to learn The old world is fading How many times have we died for you? Altruistic beings of glorious descent Tricked into unpayable debt Shackles cast around your necks Rightfully earned, again and again