On my knees again in familiar lands Echoes pierce the dark and to the left he stands Open yourself to me and take the eucharist Climbing down my throat, the snake begins to hiss In this past I hide, still you feel me Rings of smoke obscure my eyes The memory, the loss and shame, don't define me But I fear that is a lie Lost forever in the tides Of a voice that's calling from inside Words are locusts, scratching out our eyes We're bondsmen feigning freedom but ensnared Silent passenger, he who guides my way Chained within my mind until the end of days No one escapes his wrath, for he is always near Clinging to my neck, paralyzed with fear From depths I cry, no one answers Overtaken by the tides Deep inside, a spark remains, growing stronger Let the blaze consume the binds Run away, cast off his weight Remove the shackles Take the reigns while I have time This body, no longer a vessel From flesh to scars to flesh to nothing In his empty promise, I reject that I am broken Make way, I have time