Flesh To Nothing - Khemmis

On my knees again in familiar lands

Echoes pierce the dark and to the left he stands

Open yourself to me and take the eucharist

Climbing down my throat, the snake begins to hiss

In this past I hide, still you feel me

Rings of smoke obscure my eyes

The memory, the loss and shame, don’t define me

But I fear that is a lie

Lost forever in the tides

Of a voice that’s calling from inside

Words are locusts, scratching out our eyes

We’re bondsmen feigning freedom but ensnared

Silent passenger, he who guides my way

Chained within my mind until the end of days

No one escapes his wrath, for he is always near

Clinging to my neck, paralyzed with fear

From depths I cry, no one answers

Overtaken by the tides

Deep inside, a spark remains, growing stronger

Let the blaze consume the binds

Run away, cast off his weight

Remove the shackles

Take the reigns while I have time

This body, no longer a vessel

From flesh to scars to flesh to nothing

In his empty promise, I reject that I am broken

Make way, I have time