Subterranean

And her breath gave way
Happiness is a drain
Led astray
Set out across these wastes
To seek the pain and caress her crown
Another one struck down

It was promised in the dark
Hidden figures dancing through midnight hair
That's where she opened up her heart behind its delicate glass
Bluffed away one last defense
And a chance to turn back but to see the pit where life turns black
The resolve one lacks

Fingers stretched to close the distance between
Her delicate face bound by stone hands
The ancient, graying crow's dry call lost in the lone air
To mask the silence where it was agreed to be buried's to be
This was the moment when it all broke down

Her eyes became fire
Drawing in like a moth to the flame
Her cackle was lightning for a
Fear-stretched moment there was no escape
Pass through the membranes resurrect
The memories a low hum guided by despair
Left to navigate this darkness with a crutch

The fog began its crawl
She drew in a breath and then stepped away
The sun slipped down at last oh towards fast decay
The empty vial shattered on the ground revealed her naked truth
This desert's nothing but a womb for skeletons

And her breath gave way
Happiness is a drain
And to come to be out of your mind and lost in time
The poison was the antidote oh no no never
Sometimes we're just left wishing for wherever
To ache together