It Begins to Speak

Eyes open to reveal dying yellow fields and the air tastes like steel
Woken by the racket of hammers and chains
I don't know if it's been years
I don't know if it's been days
Time has lost this place
A realm without reflection, I've forgotten my own face
Just then, the ground begins to shake

Rods rise from the Earth, and they push through my skin
Here I am held, here it can begin
I'm not allowed to bleed, I'm not allowed to blink
Every nerve in me is screaming too loud for me to think
It walks in tandem with terror

Each step makes the floor sink
Our eyes meet and it begins to speak

Welcome to the place where nothing gleams
Where Hell flows like water and demons sing
The corner of the world where life retreats
The resting place of the scared and the weak
Now you're out of his reach
This is where your brightness is buried

Death won't find us