[Intro, Solo Tremolo-Picked Guitar, Cold and Distant, No Percussion Yet] [Verse 1, Full Band Enters, Deep bass fry Over Ornate Extravagant Diction, Mid-Tempo, No Blast Beats] I count no calendar, only her descent, I've learned surrender waits on her consent. I prophesied this hour and called it flaw, I'm mortified to meet it in her claw. I called this affliction, strangely, a friend, I've grown this addiction that no oath can end, Zeus forged this punishment to break a king, He never dreamed I'd learn to love the sting. [Chorus, Full Band, First Pass, Bitter and Ironic] JUST AS I FORESAW The fire's price was never bound by law Her patience comes as certain as the thaw Her talons closing gentler than her jaw JUST AS I FORESAW The only love I'm left to ever gnaw [Verse 2, Heavier, Same Deep bass, Same Ornate Diction] I spend the waiting hours watching her descent, Her talons' grating song requires no consent. I offer up confession to her ear, My only true possession: that she's near. I speak of Zeus as merciful, forgiving, I've learned to bless the sentence I am living. She carries no memory of name or wrong, She only feels the hour, and comes along. [Chorus, Same Words, Now Carrying Something Closer to Comfort] JUST AS I FORESAW The fire's price was never bound by law Her patience comes as certain as the thaw Her talons closing gentler than her jaw JUST AS I FORESAW The only love I'm left to ever gnaw [Bridge, Hushed, Stripped Bare, Vocal Nearly Spoken] "Do you remember when I still had a name" "Do you remember when the fire was mine to give" I gave it anyway. I'd give it again. Even now. Even like this. [Instrumental, Tension Building, Doom Weight Rising Under the Black Metal Tremolo] [Final Chorus, One Word Moves] JUST AS I CRAVED The fire's price was never bound by law Her patience comes as certain as the thaw Her talons closing gentler than her jaw JUST AS I CRAVED The only love I'm left to ever gnaw [Outro, Guitar Fading to a Single Cold Note, Vocal Drops Out] (spoken, barely audible) "Stay a while longer, this time."
