Slow, and with great care I descend these jagged steps of quiet despair May they lead to pain eternal or inordinate bliss There is nothing I could welcome more than eternity's kiss ♪ I have never felt this cold before Lost betwixt the rights and wrongs Blood drips from a weak and fractured core Never to soar Mercy escapes my grasp Penance, your ask is vast Mercy, where have you gone? Penance, to sing your psalm ♪ Reaching far into my soul Hollowed caverns, ever-deep You seek some semblance of control Yet there's not a trace, I am a ghost ♪ Standing on the crumbling debris Not a sound for miles around Look around, what is left from me? The ash on the ground Life is cold and merciless Its song engrained within our hearts There is only one regret I wish I knew from the start Mercy escapes my grasp Penance, your ask is vast Mercy, where have you gone? Penance, to sing your psalm