This Hungry Triumphant Darkness

Pale black hands
Faces in the mist
A cacophany of voices
Purpose fades and reality cracks
As the void calls again

All these spirits that dwells in my bark!
Scratches and screams
And set fire to my heart!

This, Hungry, Triumphant, Darkness

Called forth from darkness
Reborn from open wounds
This bittersweet blessing
This soul cleansing curse

Eyes of stars, mind of abyss
Heart of fire, Ghosts of damnation

This, Hungry, Triumphant, Darkness
... is calling

I am drunk of damnation
Your poured your essence into me
I am the shape of you, your hungry jaws
I can feel you lurking, awaiting my fall

Sometimes I long for you
Your cold embrace
Every mirror I pass
... there is your face
Are you the one thing
That will quench my thirst?
Was it you or love that got to me first?

The ivory tower crumbles
The heart turns to putrid black
This is my sacrifice
I've placed myself upon this altar

No one escapes the triumphant darkness
Forever creeping
Forever lurking
Allways present, always there
Screaming or whispering in your ear

Was his cold breath on your neck?
Did you run towards or from it?
Was the embrace cold or warm?
Are you home now?

This Hungry potent
Triumphant darkness
Forever lurking