Better Angels

Dawning spring when vows were spoken

Summer flames are not meant to last that long

When daylight fades away,

Make your mind up leave or stay

The door's tow open

Autumn paints the skies of twilight

Winter nights hide everything under snow

Receding in the cold,

Dreams that can be bought or sold

With faithless tokens

And when the sun goes down

I still hear you call my name

Among these shattered bonds

It's too late to make amends

You forsake your better angels on the battlefield

Only broken hearts are real

Cloaked in mist you hide your daggers

Passed the hours from morning 'til midnight tolled

Whilst faithful by my post,

I can hear the mournful ghosts

Of swains departed

Can we bridge the distance between us,

If you spend your nights on the run?

By the river wraithlike whispers make me shiver

When you trample logic and reason,

Treason can be seen from afar

Monster, sneerer, creeping, crawling, coming nearer

Angels on the battlefield

Only broken hearts are real

I turn my head and see you slipping away

I'll pay the ferryman so you cross the acheron,

You call my name; echoes of the past still remain

You forsake your better angels on the battlefield

Only broken hearts are real