The Last Lost Continent

I felt your sickness brush against my arm as I walked by you Heard your voice but couldn't tell that it was you And slowly watched your sickness slip away into a place that I'd once feared but I was not afraid this time So I gave chase and found it, finally, slowly feeding from your head And from my friends, and from my family, so I grabbed it by the neck "For every lover you have ruined..." I dug my nails into its flesh "...and every life that you have taken..." Slammed its head against the brick Its blood poured out onto the pavement I stirred it in with dirt and spit "I will take a part of you" I made mortar from the mix Tore every organ from its body Broke its bone and fashioned bricks I laid the mortar in between I made a throne for hope to sit "Too long you've torn us into pieces Firmly held onto our wrists Today I bury you in me" I swallowed every inch of it I'll hold you, as you have held me, you've held me in your heart We'll be, we'll be set free from, we'll be set free from fear, we will be be set free We've felt our failures We've watched our passions leave, but We're still breathing on But we're still beating on I'll hold you As you have held me You've held me in your heart And I will hold you in my heart But I still see him dead in the parking lot at the gas station just down the street And I still hear my friend say "You know, you wouldn't believe the things I saw when I was stationed overseas" But he somehow keeps smiling in spite all of that, while I keep finding ways to push the good out for the bad Oh, how selfish of myself to always say that it was more than I could take, Like it was pain I could not shake, like It could break me with its fingers, throw my body in the lake, and I would slowly sink away but The Truth is it was sorrow that I made and would not face See, I keep falling for the future after tripping on the past And I am always tearing sutures out to make the anguish last Like it defines me Or reminds me I've found comfort in my suffering And uncertainty in happiness and death, because What's next is such a mystery to me And I am terrified of all the things I feel but cannot see Friends and family, put your hand into my hand and Lay your head into my chest You are all that I have left here We are all that we have left We are the lovers We are the last of our kind Link your arms and keep your chin up, and I swear that we'll be fine We are the lovers We are the last of our kind Though we're not sure who we are, we keep our heads up Though we're not sure where we're from, we keep our hearts up Though we're not sure when we'll leave, we keep our heads up Though we're not sure where we'll go, we keep our hopes up Though we're not sure who we are, we keep our heads up Though we're not sure where we're from, we keep our hearts up Though we're not sure when we'll leave, we keep our heads up Though we're not sure where we'll go, we keep our hopes up Keep your head up, we're fine, just Keep your head up, I swear, we'll be alright Keep your head up, oh, my friends, my friends Keep your head up, and I swear, we'll never die I swear, we'll get home safe and sound I swear, we'll never die I swear, we'll live on underground I swear I will give your heart a place to rest when everything you had has turned and left. I'll weave your names into my ribcage; lock your hearts inside my chest Regain the passion I once carried; do away with all the rest I tore the sickness from your bodies; smashed its head against the bricks I made a castle from its bones that you may always dwell in it So sing for every buried moment that you'd thought would never end And sing your fears about the future; and a dirge for faded friends For all the love that you had held to, why it somehow failed to keep And sing each minute you've been frightened; every hour that you've lost sleep. And sing for all your friends and family; sing for those who didn't survive But sing not for their final outcome; sing a song of how they tried We live amidst a violent storm; leaves us unsatisfied at best So fill your heart with what's important, and be done with all the rest We are what's left of what we once were We are falling far behind There's so much stacking up against us And we're running out of time We are but hopeful children And we're the last of our kind But if we let our hearts move outward I know we will never We are but friends and family We are the last of our kind So hold my hand, I'll lift your head up, and I promise we'll be fine We are but hopeful lovers And we are running out of time There's so much stacking up against us And we're falling far behind We are but hopeful lovers We are the last of our kind But if we let our hearts move outward I know we will never We are but lovers We are the last of our kind And if we let our hearts move outward I know we will never We are but lovers We are the last of our kind And if we let our hearts move outward We will never die