Harbinger

I'm staring through the static I'm sensing that we stand on unstable ground My words fail me now Show me what my eyes won't see Show me what my mind won't believe I'm struggling to peer through the fog Do we all have to suffer to see we were born to bleed? I'm picking up the loose ends I'm digging to the roots through the soil To see what is there for me Tell me where the heartsick go Tell me why we all still follow I'm starting to see through it all Do we all have to suffer to see we were born to bleed? (we were born to bleed) Knowing well we're soon to be Just a feast for the crows to dine on For the crows to dine on Just a feast for the crows I'm staring down the barrel I'm cutting to the marrow Right through the bones Of a haven I once called home Take me where the grass won't grow Take me where the trees are hollow I've been digging to the roots of all that I know But it's still not enough to believe in the words we preach (We burned every page of the book) If we all turn our backs to the storm when the walls are breached (And I still cannot bear to look) When our burdens pull us over the edge We'll fall fast enough to feel our lungs give out As we float through the static and sound Dead eyes stare through the veil Pulse weakens, words fail me now Except to say we're a lost cause