Rage For a Dying World

Tonight I greet an old girlfriend

She comes to me in the dark of night

On raven wings she brings the end

And robs the blind of their sight

So look within and look without

Stars abound under the moon

Dance in circles, scream and shout

The end is coming real soon

I'll sing rage for a dying world

For a plan unfurled

And our souls bought and sold

I'll sing revenge on the point of a knife

And witness the end of all life

I'll greet my lover with a kiss

Without feeling, without heart

She'll bring the world into new bliss

While we wonder if her work is art

A song of ebon leather wings

A song for the soon departing

A song for all the love she brings

And a cry for the broken heart strings

I'll sing rage for a dying world

For a plan unfurled

And our souls bought and sold

I'll sing revenge on the point of a knife

And witness the end of all life

I'll watch her come to me in dreams

I'll testify to everything

Witness the onslaught of her touch

I think I owe her that much

But each bullet in a playground

Each bloodstain I have found

Has purpose in this web we weave

In the end we'll fall like autumn leaves

I'll sing rage for a dying world

For a plan unfurled

And our souls bought and sold

I'll sing revenge on the point of a knife

And I'll witness the end of all life

Come sweet release, oh come sweet end

I think of all I'll leave behind

One scarred corpse and grieving friends

And nothing that was truly mine