I couldn’t look away as you reached

into my chest tore out my insides strung

a rope around my neck

hung there silent a specter

in the trees a bleeding reminder

that nothing is ever

as it seems deceiver

I hope that you can never wash

the murder from your hands

Watched the sun slip away felt

the cold of night

grow heard the wind

as it whistled through my blood

and stole the warmth from my bones

from down below I heard a thousand

voices breathe we’ll always be with you

we swear to you we won’t

ever leave you to die

with no one by your side

He made a promise in hell

when he turned and saw

where all the rest of us fell

it was a promise made

in brimstone ashes

and flames wrists

and ankles bound

in adamantine chains he turned

his eyes skyward

when he saw the heavens

shake for fear of the revenge

that he would take

I want you to sing sing with me

and know that as long

as voices rise with your own

you are not alone

I’m a dead man but I’m not alone