A STUDY OF DEATH

Ancient steps on a sacred crest A silent vow locked inside the chest "I leave by choice, unbroken and proud" Leaving behind the noise of the crowd The chalk is dry, the final lecture is done The shadow fades beneath the Spartan sun Driven by grief for the world we decayed Watching the debt that can never be paid We feed upon the flesh of the young! A silent crime on a modern tongue! I open my hands, I shatter the sky Pure as the snow where the diamonds lie! To the abyss, with a steady breath This was my life... a study of death! Seven winters the secret will keep Under the stone where the lonely sleep No human eye shall witness the clay The river, the wind, just drifted away Like Oedipus walking the path to the night Vanishing standing, engulfed by the light We feed upon the flesh of the young! A silent crime on a modern tongue! I open my hands, I shatter the sky Pure as the snow where the diamonds lie! To the abyss, with a steady breath This was my life... a study of death! O Death, you won't take what I do not give! I master the end, just as I learned to live! No chains of the flesh, no modern decay! The mountain commands, and I shall obey! Solitary... Powerful... Gemma in the dark. The bell has rung. Live.