A Looming Resonance

Staring onward
As time stands still
Devoid of tribulation
While time stands still
Starlight breaks this darkened haze
Filter through decay
Moonstruck children indisposed
Malignant culture thriving on
Defile the sanctum
Of this place
Wind stirs nigh
Brings rain to cleanse

Winter now converges
Drenched in all its blackness
The last stalks of light are devoured
Shadows wade through filth
With gestures far too wide
And so they march on hallowed ground
History repeating
Behavior that's been burned into the bone

Staring onward
Will time stand still?
A thousand years of fruitless searching
Object of desire beyond the reach
Of old and brittle hands
With bated breath, anticipate the end
Voices of the vanquished echo in the dreams
They can't elude
Where is the fire
That dwells inside
Darkness returns with cold embrace
Staring onward
When time stands still
Devoid of tribulation
Time stands still
Staring onward
Time stands still