[spoken-word] I cross through the dark where the cold mist crawls, A stranger in a world of whispering walls, The wind is the only voice that calls my name, And I burn with a sorrow I cannot tame. My heart keeps marching through the hollow skies, Chasing the ghosts that haunt my sleepless eyes, I trusted the visions the midnight gave, But the night dug deeper, a restless grave. [Chorus] What are these desires that tear my soul? What are these shadows that swallow me whole? The abysses of Nirvana rise before my sight, Silent and endless in the dead of night. What are these desires that tear my soul? What are these shadows that swallow me whole? Silent and endless in the dead of night. [spoken-word] I rage at the heavens, I curse the unknown, For leaving me lost where the wild winds moan, In this strange land where the cold stars bleed, I fight with the darkness that follows my creed. I walked through ruin with an iron will, Yet every silence was a deeper chill, The more I listened, the more it grew, A blackened mercy I never knew. [spoken-word] The mist may surround me, the void may call, But I will not bow to the endless fall, I keep my name in the teeth of fire, I lift my voice from the buried mire. [Final Chorus] What are these desires that tear my soul? What are these shadows that swallow me whole? The abysses of Nirvana rise before my sight, Silent and endless in the dead of night. What are these desires that tear my soul? What are these shadows that swallow me whole? My broken voice will thunder and sing, Against the night and its merciless sting.
