Sky Burial

every fear is manifesting
 A coward stands before me
 Transparent, I feel there's nothing I can do
 I can't stand idly by
 There are no whites in his eyes
 Only in a child's fist as a tear falls from the sky
 These embers turn to ashes, these ashes turn to dust.
 What would you want me to do?
 What would you want me to do?
 I am the man now we are family through and through
 You'll never understand that the bottle's taken over you
 Take another sip, take another sip
 When you're feeling down I hope you drown in it
 Take another sip, take another sip
 I hope you fucking drown in it
 And now a boy cries out
 Cries for his brothers hand
 Together they have the strength of a thousand men.
 My body is still
 My eyes are closed
 My bones are heavy
 My senses go numb.
 A soul deprived of the chance to live
 Haunting memories, suppressed and dismissed
 Under watching eye, her wings were stripped as you stood by
 When the almighty won't make a stand,
 I'll take things into my own hands
 The door bursts open splintering into wooden bits
 Revealing his hands held tight around her wrists
 Time stands still for now everything has slowed down
 It's not what I call love
 We have no common ground.
 This is a vicious cycle no one should live inside of
 Swinging blindly in the dark
 A son's promise unspoken
 The dastard flees the scene bleeding, beaten, bruised and broken
 My body is still
 My eyes are closed
 My bones are heavy
 My senses go numb.
 A soul deprived of the chance to live
 Haunting memories, suppressed and dismissed