Brother Death - Conrad Mortiss
Soft winds cry
Over the blackened hills
Shadows whisper
My forgotten name
Echoes fade
Through hollow caves
No dawn to chase
No one to blame
Death is my brother waiting for me across the river Styx
Calling my name, his voice cold and fixed
Unrelenting, unresolving
Agony, pain, and misery, my sisters in disguise
Pushing me onward through the endless night
Day after day, night after night when there is no end in sight
My life, a hollow shell, no spark, no flame
An empty soul, a lonely heart without a name
Cold and hollow, no warmth there, no hint of love of any kind
I ride, I go on day after day, night after night
Chasing the horizon, but it is only in my sight
No goal in mind, just fading away
Searching for peace and love beyond the scars of time
The light I seek forever afar
I will never reach
Through the mist I wander
My feet drag slow
Every breath a whisper
Every tear a stone
Darkness wraps me tender, cruel and kind with its cold
No morning comes to clear my mind
Memories of sorrow like echoes in the night
The stars don't shine, they just remember
They look on and weep like the skies in November
The ghosts that burn in freezing cold of December
No end in sight to my misery in this life
The end may be near, still beyond the darkness of the shore
I'll know when I arrive, what's waiting in store
The ferry creaks its lantern dim, Charon guides it down the stream
The river hums a requiem for the ones that are ready to depart
I ride, I go on day after day, night after night
Searching for what I know not, no goal in mind
Thoughts just drifting away
Searching perhaps for peace and love beyond the scars of time
The light I seek forever afar
One that I will never reach
Once I had a dream, it burned like fire, shined like gold
Now it's ash in my hands, cold control
The faces I loved fade into smoke
Their names dissolved before they're spoke
If there's mercy, let it fall like rain
If there's meaning, let it ease this pain
My trail nears its end, salvation awaits on the other end
I ride, I go on through shadows and cold flames
No glory, no victory, no name to claim
Searching perhaps for peace and love beyond the scars of time
The light I seek forever afar
One that I will not reach this time around
Brother Death, take my hand
The river's calling, I understand
Across the water, the silence sings
And I am nothing and I am everything
This time around
Death is my brother waiting for me across the river Styx
Embrace me like you should, do not let go
Do not let me fall before I reach my destiny
I ride, I go on day after day, night after night
Chasing the horizon, but it is only in my sight
No goal in mind, no warmth there
No hint of love, a cold and time
The light I seek forever afar
One that I will not reach this time around
Death is my brother waiting for me across the river Styx
Embrace me like you should, do not let go
Do not let me fall before I reach my destiny
