This Bleak Bliss [Acoustic Version]

These eyes of adolescence Had never known farewell Until they came to witness What that December held Climb the ladder Through the window Turn the corner To what awaits Stop the clock every second burns Shattered memories, cutting deeper We learn through loss, we'll reminisce And become one with this bleak bliss Your arms that once held this child safe Lie crossed, frozen in rest So summer came and went But you never returned In the wake of orphaned innocence was our lesson learned Look into the eyes of certainty No stranger to the end And know the face of mortality Pain gives way to peace You took the world took my best friend Into despair I won't descend So let's stop the clock every second burns Shattered memories, cutting deeper We learn through loss, we'll reminisce And become one with this bleak bliss If I could reach the firmament I'd tear the skyline down