Kenneth Wood - As the Last Petal Falls lyrics

"How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?"- Psalms 13:2 I. The Drowning Today I cried again For reasons unknown I weep for you For your loss For your pain Your confusion You have averted your eyes from the truth Bloodshot whites glowing in the dark Obvious to the world The bridge between us has been swept away by a raging river of tears And you dangle on the rock face held by a sliver of hope The weight of fear tearing at your anchor You fall Adrift and alone Drowning the colossus of shame II. From The Bottom I must digress, Son You're not my first love I created a demon within myself And he no longer cares I cry to myself before the drowning comes But as it twists through my veins I am at peace Like this I hate you Fear of creating what I wanted to be has ruined me This is my punishment My envy My pleasure Be shy of the path you tread The seed is planted in you Feed the soil and your world is through Hide the light and you are free Forgive Me III. Transfixed I fall into darkness with the sunset The world becomes as cold as your heart Worry pumps through my veins As I melt into the image of you This mirrored reflection staring quizzically A twisted smile emerges Glinted are the teeth of this horror Fear trailing on my breath Leaving clouds of doubt floating through this blackness I stare, afraid to turn my back Frightened of that shimmering hatred in your eyes Instead I walk through the illusory promise of sufferance I become you and I understand IV. Crownless I follow your footsteps through the muddy depths In awe of the beauty that riddles this hateful place Your mystery consumes me More than this disease consumes you Pa**ing the withered bones of lost memories you appear Cold and shaken A blank stare married to icy blue tears A hand reaches from beyond Pulling you from me once more Again I am lost With disappointment, like a child, tugging at my hand With only questions on its tongue I continue towards the unknown Trying to outrun the burden and fear of being too late V. Through Broken Gla** My dear Children, I am not the same as I once was Together and still in pieces I am nothing Forgotten by the simplest of things Disgusted by the romance I fed for years Broken to the ones for whom I share the most I have found hope on this path I travel The road between here and there My body aches And I retch with desire for the beast And O' am I tired But I will continue There is only one end in sight for me But I walk in hopes to find a second I struggle for you more than myself In my mind I am gone Though I can give so much more What was stolen from you My heart still holds an open door for you I give myself to the future New life blooms around me and within Colors attack my eyes with wonder Gray skies run along highways of sunshine Cast down through heavens of pure gold Revealing a deep blue sea of hope White doves ornamenting this backdrop of fearless desire The greatest happiness of the greatest number And I continue forward VI. The Painter The years shimmer on the ripples of our murky past No longer can you infect me with your sickness Your remedy being harder than the disease This flower of the past dying in bloom The days ahead are uncertain but also unstained Wounds have healed Scars have been buried and left behind On this windless morning awakened by realization And the rhythm of your footfalls in the distance Playing a tune of revolution The last petal quietly falls And crumbles where it lay Revealing a new treasure This blank canvas Waiting For a new world to be painted