An Empire Serenading

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Day break, the space I've made with lies I've told again,
deliver spake the fell regret.
The lies I've told, the space I've made.

I can't turn myself away from you, you are the day and the night
I can't turn myself away from you, you are the darkness and the light

"Sail away", the stranger said.
But goaded like a fool,
like blind leading the blind,
like swarms of undefined, my world falls to all fours.

"I will anoint you within a violent storm
to the haunting melodies of your own sweet disregard.
And your pain, keep it safe for the moment, dear
you won't need it where you go, you won't need it anymore.

Naming your pain, well it's hard for you to fall too far
in sight of the walls you built so high.
Naming your pain while the rest of you looks on,
caught up in your desire for the flesh that shall come forth in rivers."

Day break.
The space I've made, the lies I've told.
Deliver, spake the fell regret.
The space I've made, the lies I've told...

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from Xylem, released October 15, 2018

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