Into The Black Slumber - Annotations Of An Autopsy

The bones of the ancients

Lay silent in the dust

Entwined with the remains

Of the resistance

I stood somber amidst the remnants

Of a war fought in vein

As I look upon their bones

I knew it was my time

In the absence of the sun

I stood somber amidst the storm

And witnessed the aftermath of heresy

And the fall of the divine

My eyes transfixed upon a distant shape

Glowing, drawing ever closer

I watched as the shape drew near

And my eyes turned into a demon

He stopped in his tracks before me

Upon his head laid a crown of fire

The flames flickered as his eyes met mine

We stood motionless in the storm and he spoke to me

I’ve seen all that is to be seen

I’ve heard all that is to be heard

I am all knowing but still I am empty

I’m so empty

He forged this crown from the flame of mankind

But the sadness of the world lay heavy on his brow

He can no longer bear the burden of humanity

The bones of the ancients

Lay silent in the dust

Entwined with the remains

Of the resistance

I stood somber amidst the remnants

Of a war fought in vain

As I look upon their bones

I knew it was my time

Right before my eyes

The demon turned to ash upon the snow

I took the crown

As the winds took his remains to the sky

The wolves gather around me

Howling black lullabies

Their songs enslaves

Even the strongest of man in sleep

As we slumber the snow erases us

Wiping clean the slates of time

Witnessing the end of the world we know

Wiping clean our existence

In the absence of the sun

I stood up somber amidst the storm

The crown of hell laid heavy upon my head

As the world fell into the black slumber

The black slumber