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The shepherd’s wet with blood

He’s led his bleating flock to the edge

Like water to the fall

Break the bread and pour the wine

Feed the fire to watch the fire die

The shepherd’s lost the path

The wolves froth and gnash

Like drums in the dark

Spend the coins upon your eyes

Heaven is the first and final lie

In this room

In this bed

Beside you, inside my head

Tomorrow blooms

Already gone, already dead

In this house

Between these walls

Beneath this facade

I can tell

From the look in your eyes

To you I’m nothing

But something else to lose

The shepherd’s black with blood

Nailed to his own crook

Another messiah on the spit

Break the bread and pour the wine

Feed the fire just to watch the fire die

The shepherd’s drank them dry

Filled the lakes and drained the sky

Threw it up and brought the flood

Give up, let go, and cave in

This is where everything begins

A voice said, let there be light

And there was light inside of me

It was brighter than It had any right to be

But it felt like a lie

That I’d die just to believe

So I stepped off the edge

And I’m still falling

Faster and farther

Farther and longer

There is no bottom

To catch me

Falling forward while drifting backward

In the still, I plummet faster

There is nothing to stop me now

There’s a light in the darkening pane

Distant peaks on fire

Release the mortal chains

Death is desire

There’s a light in the darkening pane

Burning brighter and brighter

Release the mortal chains

Death is desire (x4)

Death is desire

One more move and I’m free

Peace is a fire

I feel it burning in me

I feel it shining in me

I feel it cauterizing

I feel nothing

I feel nothing

I feel nothing