When the shadows overtake me I hope my throat is already slit.
/MERCY.
I've learned by now That fast and painless Is a concept of fiction.
It wouldn't matter If you were to tear out my heart Or rip out my spine, It's all death just the same.
If you choose to take my life, Don't take mercy into consideration, Because mercy has been long lost On those already rotting In the graves dug in their minds.
/CONSUMPTION.
Peace from the darkness Has taken the shape Of your hand on the goblet, With all my absolution taking the form Of your loving embrace.
Let's build up our legions, Show them the light in our gospel, And convert them to our truth...
Such a beautiful proposition, If we could work it out ourselves.
Wash over me with your holy sermon.
Let me absorb all your light.
Reconstruct all my arrogance Upon the backs of the broken, Just for the rare opportunity For such a picture perfect landscape.
Monarchy never looked so stunning.
/EMPIRE.
Drowning is becoming an art.
Deeper and deeper Into the depths do I venture, All the while indifferent To my lack of oxygen.
I'm plugging in plot holes.
I'm re-founding Byzantium, And all for the iconography That has left me In such a state of marvel.
I don't want compromise Or pity of any sort.
I just want you in tidal waves, And to get pulled deeper Beneath the whole of your personality.
In a modern world So short on imperialism Why was it so easy for you To colonize my heart?
/TRANSLATION.
For the first time in years, I need no translation.
I speak clearly, openly, And without filtration.
She both listens and hears, And that's not even the beginning Of her infinite positive traits.
She's a modern masterpiece, So above modern art.
I want to dissolve into her brilliance If for even a moment.
/RECOIL.
I have nothing to fear.
I am the God of Death... I am the shadows That haunt even the deepest corners Of my recuperating mind.
I'm gaining back the strength To show the world once more, That there are better, truer Forms of evil in our control.
I am the culmination Of the lives I have taken, And now I choose to never Be frightened by fate again.