Ad Astra

I will not succumb to this!
This voice that plagues my head
This voice that keeps me from death
One day I'll give it its due
But now I must survive this
This hell
This hole I call home

And more I burn with every passing day
I will never be the same

But even though I
Still fall to new lows
I'll reach for the stars
In them I'll find hope

They take my breath, they take my breath away
They give me peace with their golden haze
Etched in them, a portrait of her
Glowing softly as the moonlight rays

Her pale face, white and fragile
Melancholic as the morning rain
Her blank stare, so tender
Still the sadness in her eyes remains

She takes my breath, she takes my breath away

And more I burn with every passing day
I will never be the same

Nightfall settled in as I counted my numbered days
On that night I nearly crumbled, gave it all away
I gazed up to the sky and saw her in the distant black
She looked me straight in the eyes, and she said

Oh child,
Listen to me
I know you look back
The past will live, but
Don't you fear
You'll never fall
Helpless you are now
But as the past, you'll live forever on

Loss means hope
Dead means whole
Loss means hope
Dead means whole
Loss means hope
Dead means whole
Loss means hope
Dead means whole