The Awakening

Unquiet sleep, in verdant deep Dreamer with weeds entwined Amidst the pool which stirs and weeps Cold tears of lovers lien Ancient theme the chosen wakes Threads woven into song "From earth pull free, in mind like me Arise with calling strong" Languish in the hall of memory Reviled vision cast aside Insidious the twisted truths of enemy Which moral absolutes decried Flee at once the coiled beast inside of me Jaws agape to savage life Leashed by howling chains of misery Crying though they never speak Awaken as I break the symbol of your might And hear the shattering spine of your empire Enthroned amidst our tarnished majesty Agnostic priests' scepter extend Profaning words of sacred trinity 'Mene' marked by judges hand Drain the proffered vial of ignorance Lest blindness for a moment fade Scales of balance weigh indifference The dregs of which I must partake Awaken as I break the symbol of your might And hear the shattering spine of your empire Mistaking the destroyer for your messiah Can you answer this for me I pray Who is your god The one of whom you preach to me Where is your Christ For I see Him not in hearts of men Awaken as I break the symbol of your might And hear the shattering spine of your empire Mistaking the destroyer for your messiah Betrayals currency that of pleasure As fleeting as the breath of life Exhaled vapor gone forever By heirs disowned inheritance Claim the shape you wear is not a mask To disguise your lupine form That cocoon of skin the holding cell From which hypocrisy is born Where is your hope To what end your labor beneath an evil sky Where is your pride On silver cogs turn wheels of deicide Awaken as I break the symbol of your might And hear the shattering spine of your empire Mistaking the destroyer for your messiah