Hope for Hell

Take my hand...
My wings are tattered, we'll have to walk.
We will walk through storms of steel and ice.
Through hurricanes of fire and death.
Mountains of bones, rivers of screaming souls.
I cannot protect you, I can only protect myself.
But my sword is shattered and my shield died in the jaws of a demon.
A different demon.
How do you know that you can trust me?
You cannot.
Do you not see the stain on my very soul?
The mark of the Black Lie that I have spoken.
My armor is gone.
Broken along side the oaths I swore.
You cannot trust me.
No one can.
You see this here?
The blood of an innocent.
And here, the blood of the guilty.
Neither washes off.
Why do you cry?
I do not deserve your tears.
Come with me, let us leave Hell together.


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Take my hand...
Tattered wings, black feathers fall
Feet bloody and broken, do not stop
Storms of steel and ice
Mountains of bone and flame
Death beckons you
I am not your sword
A feast of cold steel, demon
Another demon
Trust shatters like faith
Irredeemable lies
Black to stain the soul
Stain like blood
Blood of the innocent
Blood of the guilty
Red hands, all the same
Tears will not wash me clean
Come with me
Let us leave Hell together

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