Usurpation

Slaves to the curse rotting away
 No memory to sustain
 Everything ends
 Drifting further from life
 Embers will fade
 In the pantheon of old
 I'll find my place
 I'll ascend to snuff the light
 Usurping the fire
 What rises may fade
 The spread of the dark begins
 Seeking its vessels
 The flame would be its bane
 I covet the throne
 The brighter, the flame
 The deeper, the shadow
 Such is the way
 Free from death
 Left to wander forever
 Inherit fire
 What rises may fade
 The spread of the dark began
 Seeking its vessels
 The flame would be its bane
 The writhing ruin bearing the curse
 Always searching, wanting for naught
 This ghost in the mirror
 A mockery masquerading as a living thing
 Every pound of flesh
 Every bleeding wretch
 All have failed before
 To harness the truth
 I'm a vessel for the dead
 Their secrets are the prizes I lust
 Knowledge of demise from the minds of the wise
 We've lost but will soon see
 For my faith lies in ruins
 Let the dark be cast upon the world
 Wasted to death by sloth
 The might of the tempest
 For he who lets the light die out