Lullaby of death

The sky is bleeding, black with sin A thousand mouths cry out within Rats feast beneath the shattered throne Children weep where light had shone Flesh hangs from gallows in the square No mercy left, no hope to spare Broken hands that pray to ash Bleeding hearts in silence clash Raise the banner high in flame No more gods, no more names Let the hurdy-gurdy cry As mothers scream and beg and die Ashes fall through poisoned rain Hope devoured by endless pain Eyes like lanterns lost in black Scars map where the whip came back Smoke replaces morning breath The lullaby is now of death Torn from home, chained to fate Each soul crushed beneath the weight Raise the banner high in flame No more gods, no more names Let the hurdy-gurdy cry As famine laughs and angels die Ashes fall through poisoned rain Hope devoured by endless pain Burn the prayers—no one hears Bleed the past—d***n in years Raise the banner high in flame No more gods, no more names Let the hurdy-gurdy cry As the last of us asks “why?” Ashes fall through poisoned rain Crowned in ruin, drowned in pain Ashes and iron… All that remain