I ignored the warnings Every omen shouted to turn back But I could not stray The smell of blood goads me on The doomed hound sprinting Towards the edge of a cliff "Ever life" or F I N? The uncanny faces stare in silent challenge Seeking out the kindred dark The red-clawed beast in me Cheshire smirk and hollow eyes Beguiling lies to banish light Cannot trust my treacherous senses Hypnotized by parlor tricks and puppetry Face the corruption clothed in stolen youth Countenances shifting day to night Like a fever dream Beneath the valley I have witnessed The broken ouroboros And felt the pull Of providence As time contracts Collider of realities Not dead, but merely dreaming Awaiting the promised provender The ninth of nine has fallen Blood channels through circuitry Oil the engine of collapse The kaleidoscope revolves Widening the cracks Black on shining black The wounds weep with unborn menace Stare into the churning void And hear the echo of alien mockery Maddened by the macrocosmic view "Ever life" or F I N? The uncanny faces stare in silent challenge Seeking out the kindred dark The red-clawed beast in me Cheshire smirk and hollow eyes Beguiling lies to banish light "Ever life" or F I N? The uncanny faces stare in silent challenge Seeking out the kindred dark The red-clawed beast in me Cheshire smirk and hollow eyes Beguiling lies to banish light The fissure pulsates black and crimson Eggshell surface trembling The empty space within contracts Threatening the so-called order A doorway or a beacon Demigods and worms alike All must bow in reverence