Grifter

[00:29.23] Each night as I crawl along
[00:33.86] Over the sands
[00:38.25] I sift through the blood and the fog
[00:43.53] Head in my hands
[01:07.57] I make my way over the dunes
[01:12.09] Desolate and dry
[01:16.75] The remnants of empires past
[01:21.55] Too stubborn to die
[01:26.43] Morbid and familiar
[01:30.95] Each hill like the last
[01:35.88] The grifter's importunate hand
[01:40.92] An insatiable grasp
[02:05.01] Whispering in semaphore
[02:09.85] Pious and vain
[02:14.48] Surrounded by sycophants
[02:19.12] Withered and gray
[02:24.21] He promises deliverance
[02:29.29] Day after day
[02:33.78] Releasing only pestilence
[02:38.48] And festering decay