There's blood in the moonlight
A broken bottle on the trail
Rust upon the battered sails
And a ghost by the basement rails
A pity we can't analyze
The evidence that led us here
And I can't read your mind honey
I'm not a gifted seer
Wonders pass me by sweet child
Into the empty air I stare
As you once lay in the shadows
An empty hollow now is clear
Leaving these chills in my veins
Yeah my heart is forever stained
Should I go, should I remain?
Burn down the weeping willow
As I can't live in fear
Of what shall be done
Cause in due time
Empty prayers no longer keep love there
Yeah cool down, lay by the ocean
Maybe your fragile fingers
Will run through my wavy hair
I know these are lost memories
We alone seem to care
I met the son of god in a dream
Yet it was a woman and she was mean
Said son your living a lie it seems
If you live in the past, thinking of dead queens
Yet I know I'm not the only one
Running from the bullets of your gun
Bathe me in crimson, oh holy one
Maybe then I'll remember just where I'm from
Cause I hear them thundering drums
Down in the valley, these echoing thumps
The trumpets of war, no I ain't done
I'm in a war of my own
Only when I see you will I know I've won
Burn down the weeping willow
As I can't live in fear
Of what shall be done
Cause in due time
Empty prayers no longer keep love there
Yeah cool down, lay by the ocean
Maybe your fragile fingers
Will run through my wavy hair
I know these are lost memories
We alone seem to care
Many a man has lost his tongue
To the weight of the world
Or the knife of a loved one
Rarely do we worry of our enemies
They try to kill us, only physically
But the words of those you call family
Can shrink you below, leave you on your knees
Until the end of our days, so help me please
I'll question my fate alongside harpies
Those that made us blind for mere fun
No child is an experiment, nor should they be on the run
For these whispers in the night that shake my bones
Are reminders that there are many without a home
So we'll be at peace, at least for the time
For soon we shall turn to ashes and forget why
We were questioning our existence to begin with
Persistence is key, healing is forgiveness
Burn down the weeping willow
As I can't live in fear
Of what shall be done
Cause in due time
Empty prayers no longer keep love there
Yeah cool down, lay by the ocean
Maybe your fragile fingers
Will run through my wavy hair
I know these are lost memories
We alone seem to care