The Vessel's Cry

Lyrics

(Verse 1) The architecture was never meant to hold the sea I am a house of matches in a gale, bending at the knee They carved the runes in heavy stone, they bound the Vestra in Then pressed the glowing shards of slate beneath my living skin My pulse is rhythmic thunder, a heavy, iron beat While the earth beneath me blackens just to touch my weary feet. (Pre-Chorus) The mirror is a stranger, looking back with hollow eyes Is this the cost of godhood? To watch the person die? I'm just a brittle container for a star that's gone insane I feel the jagged slate fragments grinding in my veins. (Chorus) I was born of slate and bone, but I'm breaking into light A vessel made of common clay to house the endless night The more I am a weapon, the less I am a man Channelling the Vestra with a trembling, human hand Don't call it a blessing, don't call it a throne With a heart of etched slate, I am born of slate and bone. (Verse 2) My memories are fading, bleached by the inner white The smell of rain, the taste of bread, are losing to the fight The conduit is hungry, it's drinking from the soul Every shard of rune-etched rock is taking full control The power doesn't use me, it erases who I was Turning empathy to ashes, just because... it simply does. (Bridge) The slate is hard, but even slate will shatter The Vestra burns, and bone will surely fray What's the soul but cooling matter In the path of cosmic spray? I am the sheath, the sword is screaming I am the dam, the flood is dreaming Stay away... stay away. (Outro) Fragile... So fragile... A heart of stone, a soul of Vestra. Keep the spark, lose the heart. I'm almost... Gone.