Scarred Forever

[Cain:]

"I gaze at this pool of blood on the ground

I sought completion but emptiness I found

As the sunset ends my longest day

Flesh and blood I have slayed, myself I betrayed

His spirit blows with the wind and the stroke of my hand

And finally, mortality I will understand

Am I to escape, to forget, to deny

To empty myself to the day I will die

Is there a punishment that will suffice?

Fulfill my need for redemption

Slowly, I raise my head to the skies

Oh father, grant me salvation

Now I rise

Scarred forever

With the mark between my eyes

I walk the nether

Can this really be the price to pay?

It's priceless to push the guilt away

It haunts me still to remember him

But it's even harder to try and forget

A death in silence is never the answer

This mark is for the lives we end

Is there a punishment that will suffice?

Fulfill my need for redemption

Slowly, I lower my head to the ground

Oh father, you didn't grant me any salvation at all"