Wall of Sighs

Today I lost my way
 A circle of light I wept
 And this torn curtain sank
 A dire masquerade I slept

 Empty value rending the afterglow
 To witness the birth of the end
 Hollow minds, a static lucidity
 I deserve to crawl, I've earned the weight

 This cancer cadaverous
 Atrocious humanity, breathe
 Breathe through the undertow
 Where no one is free
 And with ashes we build
 'Cause with ashes we see
 I know dead hearts linger
 In a world screaming at me

 Last night I found some peace
 For a while the angels sang
 Last night there was no disease
 For a while I smiled again

 This cancer cadaverous
 Atrocious humanity, breathe
 Breathe through the undertow
 Where no one is free
 And with ashes we build
 'Cause with ashes we see
 I know dead hearts linger
 In a world screaming at me