This time The tide wouldn't turn Towards a brighter dawn The shadows long grew longer still Cold creeping up to the bone This time the morning sun Caught up on those on the run The cruel bright pledge of demise Sealed with ice and signed in blood From blood a fire is broken Heavy breath through the dawn The world is wet with emptiness Embers aglow in the dark From blood a fire is broken Hold on through the dawn And I can see it now Clear as the brightest dawn This curse we cast upon ourselves The love we chose not to bear