The Kolyma Route

Kolyma, Kolyma

Bound to ice and snow
Foundations groan as I pass by
World's longest graveyard down my toes
The longest one of all

I will see you go
I will see you go
On the sullen route of silence and cold
I will see you go

Gusts of wind will blow
Death's white cloak meets the eye
Mourning a man at every step
Every step I take

I will see you go
I will see you go
On the trodden road where memories hurt
I will see you go

I am about to cross emptiness
I'll take you on a ride on the road of bones
The thin line beyond which every soul falls apart
Never healed, deeper scars never gone
Bones exiled laid down in gravel offer no resistance
I'll take you on a ride throughout the memory lane
To revive all hearts who dwell in permafrost
Come meet me below, below the ice

Streams reclaim the road
Yonder where blood used to run

Whereas you think no one could ever live
It is actually impossible to leave
Thus we survive

On the road of bones
I can't look back
Journey to the world's end
A sad tale of white

A pole of cruelty and winter
Few steps away to none
A prison unassailable, this prison of mine

Call it a day, returning from war
Wounds leak again, defiling the snow
Guide me away till my heart will thaw
Nothing here melts away
How deep is the snow?