Dona Nobis Pacem - Desolation

Rising from the lake of fire the white swan wings shall burn

Soaring up they take you higher it breaks your smile with every turn

Stretched out into cold horizons are memories of the serpent shore

A silent taste of cursed desires, afraid, but still you long for more

Defeat, oh horrid vision, leave my mind!

Set me free from the cage of my memories and of my dreams

Open doors to oblivion where sanctified slumber awaits

Be the dreams of ephemeral stature to leave me in time

Leave my private own darkness behind as I pass through the gates

Made restless by conscience I crave for relief

but I’m wedding my eyes to the hand of a thief

Will my terror at least take my mind off the feast

and caution me to not fall asleep?

Did I burn all my oil in the eve and my slumber

so the groom shall pass me left forever to hunger

Still to kindle the fire I’ll start and awake

and beg and plead for my burning soul’s sake

Dona nobis pacem

Father, I see the clouds march up to cover the evening sky

and the stars are but dim lights in abysmal distance,

Apprehension of the moonlit enigma — of time in reversal,

suffering eternal, judgement a-coming,

deliver me from this terminal dusk unto the dawn of everlasting light

Damnation beyond the realms of earthly fire, impotent to withdraw, eternal death

Fear not my child, I shall take your hand

If you follow me to the promised land

you shall never fear again

Defeat, itself defeated, fled my mind

Set me free from the cage of my memories and of my dreams

Open doors to oblivion where sanctified slumber awaits

Be the dreams of ephemeral stature to leave me in time

Leave my private own darkness behind as I pass the gates