Translate The Night

I try to speak, but some thoughts are too loud for words

My lungs collapse into the cadence of the earth

So read between the exit wounds in everything

Alone, I'll taste the spite and translate the night

Fury, fear me, empty in the shell that I've become

White flag, wave for peace, but my shame will not atone

Syntax collapses while the gloaming settles in

Can you meet me out past the place where our language met its end?

If you're breathing again, you'll hold your vows and say goodbye

If you're breathing again, spell out the world with open eyes

And speak with the caution of colliding satellites

We're dancing with the dark, our tongues are tied

Translate the night

Translate the night

Where do we go when our breathing slows?

The words who once escaped return in time to chase us through the unknown

We become who we are: Children left in the dark

Syntax collapses while the sunlight filters through

We'll fade away, nameless in the wonder, numinous in you

If you're breathing again, you'll hold your vows and say goodbye

If you're breathing again, spell out the world with open eyes

And speak with the caution of colliding satellites

We're dancing with the dark, our tongues are tied

We will translate the night

Aftermath is zero, wrapping me in oblivion