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(Music by Kosmos Reversum

Lyrics by Lord J. H.Psycho)

Hope is a sickness that fits every cure

Longing forms the dripping that carves through mightiest stone

No mind can be immune to their pernicious lure

Before whatever lurks within everyone prevails or falls alone

The dark night of the soul has just begun

This is where masks melt and rich disguises come undone

Still I ask the roaring fires and probe the murkiest deeps

Exhausted from this quest still so far from complete

Yet as long as ’neath the walls I’ve built my ancient dread still creeps

I’ll keep on striding on my bleeding feet

Subdued emotions hold every truth beyond their code

They speak in thunders, not in sighs

No other guidance can conquer the treacherous road

Not riding cyclones, but treading thinnest ice

I have tasted the wine of delight

I have choked on the acid of despair

The learning proffers both splendour and blight

Heavier than darkness, lighter than morning air

So much I have sacrificed, so many losses mourned

To bathe my eyes in the nectar of this dawn

And seize the quietude that countless wounds adorned

Mine is the silence that reigns when storms are gone