The certainty of death Within ego takes shape It's the fear of being forgotten The maggots consume my body Time erases the memory And I cease to have ever existed Cruel gift of ethics without recompense Of violence without punishment Of freedom in the lack of meaning In denial I seek comfort Make history in life? Religion to give it reason? Pain Grief Solace Freedom I'm just so tired of this broken place Hear me Joy is fleeting Pain is constant Oblivion is eternal What to do with this urge? The living know of their own end But the dead do not know nothing Soon I will no longer be While this squalid world Always was and always will be Pain Grief Solace Freedom Cast without purpose in this lonely place Lull me to slumber with your cold embrace Save me Joy is fleeting Pain is constant Oblivion is eternal The living work and bleed The dead rest And the stillborn rejoice For they know not of the injustice that is done under the Sun Pain Grief Solace Freedom Cast without purpose in this lonely place Guide me to freedom with your cold embrace Take me Joy is fleeting Pain is constant Oblivion is eternal To keep on living, I play the fool Lock it safe, and look away Since I was a little child Brooding