Cruel Road - Pallbearer

Old cruel road

It never ends

Tearing down

Every defense

It leaves me

Worthless

Wandering

I’ve lost my way so many times

From first breath

To final rest

I find the path always unwinds

My sunken hopes

Are buried deep

A revelation

Just beyond my reach

And thus

My journey’s brought me home again

It’s not what it used to be

Faded tracks recall my origins

And rekindle memories

Forsake that which

I worshipped then

A whole life in effigy

Set foot on the cruel road again

And pray this time will not leave me

Wordless

The constant sting

A future I will never know

Forgotten loves

Left bitter tastes

They died before a chance to grow

Those days alone

Fractured beliefs

Left tattered scraps

Of former peace

Cannot let the old times be my captor

The curse upon my life must be shattered

Seize control and slough away the shackles

And tread the world unbowed

Until my body collapses on the cruel road