Whispers from the long-departed Songs of stillness carved in silence Sorrowed secrets, words of anger Locked in time like wasps in amber Clutching hands Fever shakes The concrete bed so cold Rags over bone Staring bloodshot Insomniac dreams intrude Staining the landscape Obscenity unseen Desperation lingering A broken thing discarded Ragged nails Plow the scars The hunger digs below Deep in the soul Boiling empty Chew the dregs Digest the filth of decisions past Desperation lingering A broken thing discarded Every waking moment Voices of the dead Phantom vicious babble Drains his sanity Constant mental battle Hear them screaming Nightmares never buried The traumas trail his life Eyes closed Still the visions remain The past tears through the comforting lies Cracked skull The walls are crumbling down Burdened by atrocity Whispers from the long-departed Songs of stillness carved in silence Sorrowed secrets, words of anger Locked in time like wasps in amber Whispers from the long-departed Songs of stillness carved in silence Sorrowed secrets, words of anger Locked in time like wasps in amber Blistered grin A vulture's laugh Like rusted links of chain Dropped to the earth Broken shackles The guilt undone Forgiveness comes with a gift of silence Whispers from the long-departed Songs of stillness carved in silence Sorrowed secrets, words of anger Locked in time like wasps in amber (Every waking moment) Whispers from the long-departed (Voices of the dead) (Phantom vicious babble) Songs of stillness carved in silence (Drains his sanity) (Constant mental battle) Sorrowed secrets, words of anger (Hear them screaming) (Nightmares never buried) Locked in time like wasps in amber (The traumas trail his life)