Stitches descending like rosary beads
All these proverbs and prayers kept me down on my knees
No power on earth can undo what’s been done
But I can’t seem to keep your name off of my tongue

To these ears from your lips
With my eyes on your hips
With each caress, I confe

Standing in these ruins that we left
I thought our love could last beyond death
How can I mourn while you still draw breath?
I’ll drink from the waters of the Lethe

Your fingers tangled in my hair
Reach out to touch you but find only air
Like missing a step as I climb t

Skin like marble, colder still
A word will bend you to her will
Look in her eyes, there you'll see
She’s only made of memory

Incestuous ancestral curse
Water nor wine will slake her thirst
Table set, a hideous feast
But you know we all have to eat

The night is

Woke up today, the Sun hadn’t risen
I dreamt last night that we’d seen our last dawn
Was it a nightmare or some strange vision?
We fought so hard, but now everything’s gone

All hope abandoned, how can we go on
Singing songs about love while the earth slowly crumbles
Sin

I saw two lovers last night
Down where the ships put sea
One was the image of you
The other looked so like me

I saw two lovers last night
While the sea music played
Music that told of farewell
But I was not afraid

Still, I can’t erase the memory
Of their k