The Eyes of Extinction

Hiding
Hiding under the ground
Is the world still turning 'round?
Writing
I give names to the colors and shapes

Can I recall my lover's face?
Sliding
Are there a thousand animals near
Or is the breathing that I hear the space from one to ten
From blue to white to grey?

And when I stare into the eyes of extinction
Where a memory's asleep
Where it's unsalvageably deep
Will I blend into the water or surrender
And be truly, truly gone in annihilation's splendor?

Hunt me
I'll be running stray from the pack
Blood and moonlight glow on my back
Want me
Come on and give me reason to sing

Turn me into anything
Confront me
Because the choice is clear as ice
Between the emptiness, concise and dead, or birth again
A chaos shaped like God

And when I stare into the eyes of extinction
Where a memory's asleep
Where it's unsalvageably deep
Will I blend into the water or surrender
And be truly, truly gone in annihilation's splendor?

Come stare into the eyes of extinction with me
And together we might see another burning of the dawn
When it's empty up in heaven, there among the last debris
Is the seed still green and tender of a life that's living on

And if I stare into the eyes of extinction
And they're staring back at me
All the ghosts that they would see
Do you know how much is lost when you are blinking?
Every beast that breathed infinity
The love of lightning's warmth

And if I stare into the eyes
I stare into the eyes
I stare into the eyes of extinction

And if I stare into the eyes
I stare into the eyes
I stare into the eyes of extinction

And if I stare into the eyes
I stare into the eyes
I stare into the eyes of extinction

And if I stare into the eyes
I stare into the eyes
I stare into the eyes of extinction