Moldy Cellar Stairs (Interlude)

Welcome To the black lotus emporium I hope you've been having a terrible time My name is sleep And I am the head gardener here I tend to these lotuses As if they were the blood of my children Once above Now below We walk down these stairs To where the tiles mold And the flowers wilt Without saying something I swear I heard them Singing black metal songs of destruction The cracked glass reflects the black sun on the shattered surface It's like it actually matters when you're a speck of trash in a rusted furnace I left my heart on display And my brain in the disposal If it's a small price to pay to give the world total bliss Then I know that I sacrificed the right thing I haven't left this emporium since I was born I do not know past the walls Nor the light beams that shine briefly every day at exactly 12:57 AM My soggy wet face drips a dark liquid and my fingers swell with each lotus I uproot I see a man every night at the bottom of the moldy cellar stairs I don't know if he's my future or my past Or maybe altogether a different kind of creature He watches me do my business but I never catch him past the corner of my eyes Imagine my surprise when I found out that he was the keeper And that I am just a guest In this black lotus emporium I can freely leave But choose not to Can't even escape Can't even run away Maybe I don't wanna leave In a state of disbelief Unscrew the bulbs from the lotus World out there I don't notice Mold on the bricks of the fortress Don't take risks I just give up Don't take risks I just give up Don't take risks I just give up Don't take risks I just give up Don't take risks I just give up