We wonder at the torment Love withered on the vine We seek such validation as Comes along in time We sing for secret heartache We sing this simple dirge We sing for your delusions Making noise with words Once for the failing, once for the heartsick Once for the lost who can't be found Once for the fallen, once for the damaged Once for the cursed by word of mouth Once for the broken, once for the drowning Once for the damned to find their way Out of this darkness, all of this sickness Lost to the tides and swept away And here a new beginning, begging to be born From out of nowhere come the tired and the torn Sing with me, out brief candle swallowed by the waves The epitaph of all our days Once for the failing, once for the heartsick Once for the lost who can't be found Once for the fallen, once for the damaged Once for the cursed by word of mouth Once for the failing, once for the heartsick Once for the lost who can't be found Once for the fallen, once for the damaged Once for the cursed by word of mouth Once for the broken, once for the drowning Once for the damned to find their way Out of this darkness, all of this sickness Lost to the tides and swept away