Anathema

I'm lying barren in my own blood It's drowning me like a rushing flood A wave of crimson eclipse my eyes No sign of pity here

My lips are silenced with blistering The utter silence is deafening

Vultures fly above They're calling out my name The vipers watch below Taunting my crippled frame Desolate is love Surely a curse and my name The same - a plague is all I know

The lover I had claimed has sent me out here to die Ashes for beauty and shame my ally The lover I had claimed has left me here to die The wings of death black out the sky

Isolated in deserted lands Isolated in deserted lands Suffocating under dirt and sand Cursed, despised, I am anathema! Cursed, despised, I am anathema!

Glory speak to me Call upon my name Tell my soul to live, to live

Grant to me the life only Your hands can give I take a breath as I try to shout I go to scream but no words come out No shred of solace I'm left to die No sign of pity here

My lips are silenced with blistering The utter silence is deafening

The lover that I had claimed has sent me out here to die Ashes for beauty and shame my only ally The lover that I had claimed has left me out here to die Ashes for beauty and shame my only ally

Vultures fly above They're calling out my name The vipers watch below Taunting my crippled frame Desolate is love Surely a curse and my name The same - a plague is all I know

Oh rising sun, won't you dawn on me Descend just like a dove Oh rising sun hear this sullen plea Hide me, hide me in Your love

Glory speak to me Call upon my name Tell my soul to live, to live

Grant to me the life Isolated in deserted lands Isolated in deserted lands Suffocating under dirt and sand Cursed was I and surely left to die But Glory became my anathema