Before Us

Wayward toward hope
Toward redemption
For this blood you've spilled
Fate burns this sacred eve
The vein slipped open
For all to see tonight

Bring back the past you've stolen
Bring forth the ones you've broken
Witness the dead awoke
Before us now
Bring forth the ones you've chosen
Sew shut the wounds you've opened
Witness the dead awoke
Before us now

Closure
Sweet finality
From this pain you've cause to both of us
I'm reaching for some atonement
For the wake you left me drowning
Ill find my way back home

Bring back the past you've stolen
Bring forth the ones you've broken
Witness the dead awoke
Before us now
Bring forth the ones you've chosen
Sew shut the wounds you've opened
Witness the dead awoke
Before us now

Walking through the halls, of my life
Broken portraits line the walls, on this night
And the frames hold, all of my shame so
I'm following the path to where all of the pain goes

The flames burn slow, as the torch light casts
And each one goes dark, as we walk past
On the way to closure, from all this madness
Into the fire, now into the blackness

In my arms the corpse of my anger
Revenge seeps out of my core like a cancer
And falls from my heart to the floor like an anchor
My head in my hands and I'm searching for answers

The path burns forth as lord Izu summons me
To the pale white slab and the alter in front of me
Kneel slowly subtly, eyes closed then suddenly
The floor dropped out from under me, then the shadows sang

Its over
Blood encircles us
Now were one, and the same
And this pain is love

Bring back the past you've stolen
Bring forth the ones you've broken
Witness the dead awoke
Before us now
Bring forth the ones you've chosen
Sew shut the wounds you've opened
Witness the dead awoke
Before us now