A passerine song echoes through the silence of this tomb A solitary sparrow’s cry in the depths of infinite despondency Their cries carry on through the distance Torn and desperate They are forsaken, they are forsaken By the sun A passerine song echoes through the silence of this tomb Their cries carry on through the distance Torn and desperate They are forsaken, they are forsaken By the sun Their souls fly away As lost, fragmented dreams Carried through the clouds Of blackbirds on the horizon Amidst this world of loss Of hatred and disease Songs lost to the aether Songs lost to weary ears On wings of sorrow Plummeting to oblivion Deathsong’s sweet release As birds fall to the nether