In a world ice-eyed and overwrought
Whose dress lies graceless on the bedroom floor
Whose devil dreams address the seams
Where you fray, whose heat closes quietly
Every wound you've aspired to
She swallows snake oil, where secrets boil over
Into aggression, stripped of every best intention
They lie, mark the flesh, convulse and caress
There is no darkness but this, no blinding light
To slip past the curtains, the night has come to
Stay, the fires will not go away
The machines stamp out a new fate
A letter engraved, a heaven and a bed unmade
This is the fate I bring, the days of the king
Have come and gone, I have come to reclaim the lost
To face down your walls, to chase down your halls
Every thought that would dare obscure me
In a world cauterized, I will open these scars
I will lift the veil of bride and widow
Weigh upon these scales everything you have known
Of me, and you'll find there is no burden
Too heavy, no words left to describe the lights that I hide
So perfectly, a shadow to consume everything
That would expose your weakness, I am the devil come
To bring you to your knees, the angel whose strength
Will lift you from sleep, along with your dreams
And carry forth into your world
Everything.
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