Nightjar

You've shown me peace again The warm embrace of hunger Disquiet fades away A vacant slumber My thoughts betray me I wrestle endlessly Call of the nightjar lingers in my mind In your eyes I see The distant echos of the life could be mine Streams of silver, gilded graves Bring relief, suppress the pain Ropes of hades bring temptations Shame and sorrow, lamentations Vessels at the spring are breaking Bowls of gold still burdened, shaking Call of the nightjar lingers in my mind In your eyes I see The fading echos of the life that should be mine Tear out my eyes before they make me stumble Better to be blind then let darkness overtake me Tear out my eyes before you make me stumble Better to be blind then let darkness overtake me Silver carvings I'll never see Will focus determine reality? False comfort and a fallacy Is there still a place for me? Call of the nightjar lingers in my mind In your eyes I see The distant echos of the life that's not mine Call of the nightjar won't release my mind In your eyes I see The broken echos of the life that can't be mine