Life burns like an endless, waking torment In dread of death, in hollow desire Whispers coil Breath of fear I remember Like a black-winged crow above me Shadow falling over every dream I am bound to sorrow evermore It is written In the blood of my birth and homeland broken For my father rose to shatter the stranger’s yoke And by the hand of the last of the fallen kings He had trusted crown and hope to cloak All was shattered, and my cradle was a prison In this desert I still walk unseen, unknown For my royal blood lies veiled and nameless All my kin once dreamed of breaking Of the night that chained their hearts But what end was left for me In my being In my soul? O you who dwell in the arms of angels Ever radiant, ever pure Solitary flame Beyond all mortal nature O you who shine in the choir of angels Solitary, pure and bright Do not turn away your gaze from one like me I who wander nameless, exiled and despised I who wander nameless, exiled and despised I plead in the dust, a wretched soul, I plead in the dust, a wretched soul For silence For ending For mercy on this honor torn For mercy on this honor torn Have mercy, mercy, mercy On this wounded name Lift this broken, shamed heart up, lift this broken, shamed heart up Have mercy On this name of mine Have mercy Mercy Lift me up Have mercy On me.
