DEVIL'S GREED

Veins begin to pulse
As I wait, I decay from within
The sun is beating down
The darkness shares my fear
When the time is right
I die
To live outside, to be again

The bell sounds from far away
The ringing starts from just above me
Not hearing everything
Just alert for one sound
The sound I need

It screams inside, I have to try
My fleshless legs begin to move
Forgetting how they work
Caged and tied for seven years
The strength is there
I just have to find it

As the gate swings in towards me
I rise above
I'm free
Yet still a hostage
Still running from what I fear

My eyelids bulge
As my eyes burst open
To what I'm doing
This is not real
The sun has never been this bright before

The dirt is crunched, and feet behind me
I stumble over the hill
Too steep downwards
For my feet to hold, they break
Head first into heaven
Crashing into hell
Bodies fall behind me
But it is the ones I know

The army followed me down
United we can't lose
Yet we are falling deeper
Yelling, crying, screaming
Shaping our misfortunes
From what we cannot move

The thunder tears the sun apart
And this day turns to black
As Christ upon the hill saw
We now see as we tumble down
Rain begins, turns dirt to mud
We cover ourselves in pity
Shame

The pit we have fallen into
Is the pit wherein our suffering lies
Eternally closed in despair
And escape is non-existent
Even if the rain should stop
In time we all will drown
Swimming in each other's tears
And shattered by the other's pain