The Dark by Ivare

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Chapter 1

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[Verse 1]

See the crimson flames curl higher

And if there’s anything to claim

By the time it all burns down

Till it’s ashes on the ground

You must know this is trust’s pyre 

But you’ll say: ‘It’s all the same’

Whether seagulls sink or swim

Hands full of blood to the brim

 

[Chorus]

How can you play this game?

Are we so free of blame?

Are you blind to the state we’re in?

Our name stained in the pages

The dark will haunt us through the ages

Nothing can forgive this sin

 

[Verse 2]

We keep losing our own

To the flash of blades and fire

Will you never learn

Whatever’s left of us will burn

Reap the evil that we’ve sown

With vengeful, bleak desire

No matter what you say

We don’t get to throw their lives away

 

[Bridge]

I know your faith was broken

And the gods have all but spoken

Against your needs

But can’t you see

You gave your creation your whole

But it doesn’t govern your soul

It’s never too late

Can't be too late to change

 

[Chorus]

How can you play this game?

Are we so free of blame?

Are you blind to the state we’re in?

Our name stained in the pages

The dark will haunt us through the ages

Nothing can forgive this sin

  

[Verse 3]

We don’t have to kill to live

Take my hand and walk away

I’ve no right to be praying

But I’m so sick of slaying

We’ve given all we can give

Doesn’t have to be this way

Does it have to be this way?

 

[Chorus]

How could you play this game?

No one’s free from blame

I can’t find a blank slate to re-begin

Our name stained in the pages 

The dark will haunt me through the ages

Nothing can forgive this sin