[Lyric] In the Absence of Mind (Astora)

Soulless, branded by the mark
Plight of existence
Fragment, buried deep within
Calamity of being
Tortured, by its own perception
Plight of existence
Sorrow, the familiar state
Calamity of being

Look around to see
The damage we've done
Struggles within us all
Contrasting ways to pacify
Agony to alleviate
To vanquish the demon
To pain apathetic
The ghost of my past

In the absence of my own mind
The flames have withered and soon will follow I
In the depths of my own soul
Lies a glimmer of foolish hope
Is there even a chance
That we would ever be whole again?
If the day eventually comes
Until then I'll follow my own tide
Haunted by night
Haunted by day
Ghost of me
Ghost of what I used to be

Change with time
Change to a better version of self
Or so it seems
Living reflection of time
Unrecognizable
Image to past self
Only a shadow
Of former self remains

Time is a cruel mistress
In a time of distress
No one can detest, it cures, it cures
Simultaneously it proceeds, proceeds
Wishing to go by faster, faster
Realizing you can't go back, can't go back
But the wish always remains

Rays of the sunlight guide me
Can't go back can't go further, further
Rays of sunlight calling me home
In the nothingness where it began, began
The days of our youth calls
For the nostalgic ones
To reexperience
It one last time
Before the flames dies
And so do I
Blissful ignorance
Revert me back

In the absence of my own mind
The flames have withered and soon will follow I
In the depths of my own soul
Lies a glimmer of foolish hope
Is there even a chance
That we would ever be whole again?
If the day eventually comes
Until then I'll follow my own tide