The Black Briar

We march into the forest as we search for the light

But will we find it in the echo of the cold, black dead of night?

As we reach to touch the fingers that emerge from the thorns

Evaporating into fiction like the wings and the horns

Down from the trees the lantern hangs, the flame begins to flicker

I lost my nerve and my will and now I lose myself

My lips are silent, sutured shut like I was taught to do

The floor is my home again, my bones are made of stone

The floor is my home again, my bones are made of stone

Surrounded by all my friends, but I got here alone

Run from yourself, but you can't run from all the shit in your head

You'll hear voices calling you back when it strikes 4 a. M

I made myself go crazy thinking I could save you

But what I've come to learn is I can't even save myself

As we reach to touch the fingers that emerge from the thorns

Evaporating into fiction like the wings and the horns

Now you've washed the pain away

I'm honestly surprised you could spare

All the thoughts and prayers you sent my way

The blood is thicker than the water

But the blood of the covenant is thicker still

Than the water that binds you to the womb

Binds you to the womb

Now you've washed the pain away

I'm honestly surprised you could spare

All the thoughts and prayers you sent my way, way

Now you've washed the pain away

I'm honestly surprised you could spare

All the thoughts and prayers you sent my way, way