Black Smoke Rises

[Verse 1]

I miss the burning of my flesh

I'm content in simple, earthly pleasure

Meaning only in breath you censor

Walk amongst the blessed

Digress into false posture to assume role of coal walker

I seek my lost muse

What must she feel right this instant?

Does my name even bring about vague, distant memories?

Blurry, bloodshot eyes scan that familiar candlelit room

I am consumed by these questions

All too often upon my sad, weary tongue

Perhaps she will visit me here again some day

Only to find I am not the one she remembers

(If she even remembers)

[Refrain]

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Why is quest to a life only borrowed?

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Why is quest to a life only borrowed?

[Verse 2]

(I'm surprised by my lack of resolve)

I thought I could be pure

I thought I could endure winding, lonesome road which still lies ahead

I sit with hands upon chin in disbelief

Grieve the passing of my content

I breathe contempt for my surroundings

Without consent, grasp the hand of what man might be passing

"Do you hold the book housing answers?"

Straight-faced with laughter, only comprehends my plight after

"Son, I must have burnt that chapter"

("I only want to recapture what was once mine")

("Nothing is yours")

("Shall I be lured upon the same crossroads as Robert Johnson?")

("Only if you believe in myth")

[Refrain]

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Why is quest to a life only borrowed?

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow (Help)

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Why is quest to a life only borrowed?

[Verse 3]

I miss that burning of your flesh

I thought you once to be pure

How could we endure simply earthly pleasures

When your own soul you censor?

I lost all truth as I tread that winding road

What I feel eternal is the bliss of my quiet grief

I am but a distant memory

The candle of thought long has been extinguished

No man has no answer

Let me rest this sad, weary tongue

My only true possession

[Refrain]

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Why is quest to a life only borrowed?

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Why is quest to a life only borrowed?

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Black smoke rises to a Heaven I do not know

Slowly gaze to take in our sorrow

Why is quest to a life only borrowed?

Why is quest to a life only borrowed?

Why is quest to a life only borrowed?

Why is quest to a life only borrowed?

Why is quest to a life only borrowed?