Lyrics

Blinded and bloated by ignorance
we fall forwards through time
held in servitude by chain and whip:

These sins past and present
the human paradox
we give both hurt and hope

Blood is lost upon the earth
love spent on the altar:
bittersweet flowers rise to the winds

On the other side of the altar
led hands bound, pain and death lift skywards
soot that clouds the vision

Calm the storms that rage within my heart
hold me near til this night folds into the dawn

The barren earth and blackened air
gorge themselves on the corpses
of broken hopes and lives

Fed before time by their masters
sins of father and mother
brother, foe and friend

But the dust-covered flowers
come to rest on fertile ground
where young eyes watch

Not understanding, but accepting
this stained gift,
while the fires of hatred beat cold blood

Quell the beasts that war inside my head
hold me near til this night is eclipsed by the dawn

Hate and love
flames raging, renewing and spreading,
scarring and healing -
their burdened arms forever reaching forwards.