Sovereign

I am just one more man

A namesake to defend

Born from the cracks of the land

Before I lay me down

I'll find some means in town

Wherever this river may flow

Arriving but staying no more

My trade's to reap and sow

This town reaps profit from death

Against a bullet born free

A man stood in her path

So her children could soar

In this wretched life today

There is nothing but decay

And now I see it's exactly as it ever was

I may try to run away

It's no different if I stayed

In the end we're only fading to dust

These crossroads may bring me to you

I must seek out

And as you come to birth

Blood turns misery around

Nodding against a handful of "no"s

Then you pace the roads

The shore halts your search

Live in slime, bury yourself dry

Follow your own funeral

To the sea in a swift ride

Into the rivers you should've dived

And as you leave this earth

You earn your plot of land

Grave for emaciated bones

In this wretched life today

There is nothing but decay

And now I see it's exactly as it ever was

I may try to run away

It's no different if I stayed

In the end we're only fading to dust

These crossroads may bring me to you

In this wretched life today

There is nothing but decay

And now I see it's exactly as it ever was

I may try to run away

It's no different if I stayed

In the end we're only fading to dust

These crossroads may bring me to you

Each breath I'm closer to my last

By your sovereign decree

This too shall pass