Extinguished fire of your soul These woods have decayed Like the smile from your face Drink deep the night Hollow out your being And dissolve Away Yellow haze from under the door Caught in my throat Like smoke From the extinguished fire of your soul Tell me, how many times have you tried to die? Tell me, how many lives have you lived? And how...Learn More

Send in your petulant dog Sullen, sworn and suffering Deference, an end in itself Solemn, servile and sacred "You are ruin made flesh" Groans, guttural Maws, gnashing "And I shall be yours in turn" Grotesque, garish and gruesome Gatekeeper Gatekeeper "So why hast thou a key, oh vagrant? See thy lock doth grant passage" Haggard, harrowed and...Learn More

Take me home Heaven knows Silence grows The fires within Once so fervent Once so vital Extinguished Body and soul Yearned for warmth with yours Now lifeless and cold Body and spirit They yearned for warmth with yours The embers, they've faded And we're all alone We danced around the fire Desires of grandeur In the end Rain falling down Washed...Learn More

This body is a hole This body is a hole In the basement floor Of a burnt-out prayer house At the edge of all we know This body is a hole This body is a hole This body isn't whole I saw you On an unmarked road With your arms splayed out Like you were walking a tightrope I saw you Like you were nailed to your cross Raving, mad, in the hills of the...Learn More

Enough No more This tired harvest Has left me Fallow And from the dust Resentment Blooms And when the nights are long And we're far from home You'll mourn for kingdoms That can never come And we'll wear the crown of thorns To hold a rose for just a moment In agony of love Feel our blood In its silent ritual Flesh torn In bloody...Learn More