Beneath the Mire

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

Haunted nights for halcyon days

Can't sleep to the scraping of his voice

Nature's way struck grief in me

And I became a ghost in sickness

Willingly guided into heresy

Beneath the surface, stark emptiness

And you'd pity my conviction

Whereas I thought of myself as a leader

[Verse 2]

You'd cling to your pleasant hope

It is twisted fascination

While I'd ruin the obstacles into despair

And I'm praising death

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

Lost love of the heart

In a holocaust scene memory

[Guitar & Keyboard Solo]

[Verse 4]

Decrepit body wearing transparent skin

Inside, the smoke of failure

[Verse 5]

Wept for solace and submit to faith

In his shadow I am choking, yet flourishing, master!

[Verse 6]

A delusion made me stronger

Yet I'm draped in pale withering flesh

I sacrificed more than I had

And left my woes beneath the mire

[Guitar Solo]