And the Paintings Fall

Our countless dead lay scattered A prison of memories A seething dread ever-present We hear the sundering sound We veer onto the path Which brings us close To end her reign of terror Or to end us all The losses we’ve endured The trekking for naught A blight on us In endless pain we’re caught But we know no surrender For ages long in the depths of despair When one falls, we continue We defy her reality and bring down the blade To reach the zenith, all life must prevail We will cast her light aside The paradox of life While we suffer in bliss And the paintings fall Death will embrace her And leave us to live free Victorious we shall emerge from the bloodstained debris Oh, guardians of unwavering vengeance Lend unto us your power and thew An instrument to lay this curse to rest As our hearts thunder in our chest We must overcome this tiresome test Your power we collect Atoms that spiral and project onto us They project onto us The hunt shall never cease For the one who disrupts our solemn peace May the power that guards her hardened resolve fade Tear it down with the fury of our loss The monolith crumbles and the paintings will fall Death will not greet us Fall, fall, fall! We defy her reality and bring down the blade To reach the zenith, all life must prevail We will cast her light aside The paradox of life While we suffer in bliss And the paintings fall No more petals to caress our pain She lies motionless, slain Our tears are many They fall like rain The sun rises and cleanses all Forever, we stand tall May the winds of renewal take us to the end of the earth I read your pained words of regret and defeat The mist of revenge will descend upon our release Risen from the flames of perdition and loss We rejoice in the chance to embrace our hope Where do we all go from here? The uncertainty leaves a fear of letting it all go For we are finally free from the grasp of oblivion I read your words of regret and defeat The uneasiness settles in as I look to the horizon The mist of revenge will descend upon our release