The Comings And Goings Of Suffering

The rain falls cold and dark
The air is still and hot
The only place with less light
Is deep within my heart

A visitor has come
A stranger for so long
She’s spirited inside
And made my soul her home

Turning towards the sky
Serves only to belie
Inevitable fate
Of restless sleep tonight

This guest knows my story well
And through this distance veil
She rings a tolling bell
Less pleasurable than hell

I cannot see through black-lit forests
A sunrise dawning to release this presence’ hold
I cannot see this flood at full crest
So into its misery I relegate my soul
A cursing on the tongue
On vacant stars is hung

I cannot see through black-lit forests
A sunrise dawning to release this presence’ hold
I cannot see this flood at full crest
So into its misery I relegate my soul

I cannot see through black-lit forests
A sunrise dawning to release this presence’ hold
I cannot see this flood at full crest
So into its misery I relegate my soul

On vacant stars is hung
A cursing on the tongue
I cannot see
Sunrise
I cannot see
I'm drowning

Ah, she brings isolation
A cold and weary song
It plays inside, she sings
Relentless on and on

It’s an opus I’d forgot
Of a longing and a lot
So hopelessly beyond reach
So all hope now is lost

She came by way of grace
And left without a trace
Save memories wove into
A deadly cord of lace

I wish her journey well
As for me and my hell
This unwelcome stranger
Will live in stories that I tell