Wilting

Whispers in the woodgrain under the skin
Are chasing shadows where does vengeance end?
And now I begin a dance with time, with penance
An hourglass or pendant
I wear around my neck, the choke me swiftly in vain

Feel like I'm waiting forever
You say have patience, all good things will come to those who can wait
Ever-swift, light as a feather
Is my crown of guilt and burden I feel of what comes of you

Inching closer
Inching closer and closer

Sitting in silence, patiently waiting for your entrance
Live to serve, but I'm serving another sentence
Sands of time in a desert of broken love
Are drying out my mouth, I'm parched for your blood

Everlasting hours, waiting, darkening the room
Ever changing flower, wilting, never come to bloom

Slowly wilt away
(Slowly wilt away)

A lost soul found eternity
While embarking on a journey of blood and salvation
A broken man found anxiety
Lingering in the shadows of a siren's sedation

Everlasting hours, waiting, darkening the room
Ever changing flower, wilting, never come to bloom

Beneath the weight of the stars, I bow unblessed
Each breath a psalm unsung in my chest
The hush of hell will mock my unrest
I reach through the dark but my grip fails the test

Guess we'll have to wait
Guess we'll have to wait
Slowly wilt away

Everlasting hours, waiting, darkening the room
Ever changing flower, wilting, never come to bloom
Everlasting hours, waiting, darkening the room
Ever changing flower, wilting, never come to bloom
(A lost soul found eternity
While embarking on a journey of blood and salvation
A broken man found anxiety
Lingering in the shadows of a siren's sedation)

(Ever changing flower, wilting, never come to bloom)