Strength - Aether Realm

In the comfort of the water’s cold embrace

Gripped tight by the undertow

I let the water carry me away

Drifting far from the sight of land

A strange calm and an inner peace

The monumental choice but a distant feeling

Feel the terror taking hold

Grip and break your bones

It will drag you down

Push the feeling deep inside

Reach and calm your mind

Light will dim, and hope recedes

You can hang yourself from the gallows tree

But in time even the mightiest oaks will fall

Will you still be there at the end of it all?

Ash to ash and dust to dust

Swords grow dull and iron rusts

I feel the weight of the water bearing down on me

But I got two good hands and I know my strength

The calm pierced by a realization

I have to swim for shore

This is not the way I’m meant to go

There’s a peculiar beauty

Revealed when your flame burns low

That blurs the lines between the light and darkness

Feel the horror sinking in

Rip and tear your skin

It will drag you down

Push the feeling deep inside

Reach and calm your mind

Light will dim, and hope recedes

You can hang yourself from the gallows tree

But in time even the mightiest oaks will fall

Will you still be there at the end of it all?

Ash to ash and dust to dust

Swords grow dull and iron rusts

I feel the weight of the water bearing down on me

But I got two good hands and I know my strength

Skies cloaked in darkness

The fire starts to fade

Shivering, friendless

And I’m afraid I’ve lost my way

What if I never had the power

What if I never had the will

Then all remaining is the journey

It had to mean something