Illnath

Pieta

Illnath


Your smile so dim, your eyes alive 
A gesture hides a vicious lie 
Your face so clean, but deep inside 
I know you're hiding something 
A trace so faint, a chisel's scar 
Carved piece by piece who you are 
His head held high, but deep inside 
I know you're hiding something 

Pieta, you're the one and only truly holy sculpture 
So now... sentenced by the divine tool I wheel he falls down 

A crack and crackle, a thin black sear 
Upon the surface pale and raw 
Frozen for now, neatly carved 
Deep in silence, clutching at straws 
I crush the face, the crumbling lines 
An expanding maze that seems alive 

Again alone, you're face is gone 
Still I see no confession coming from 
Your soul, your core, your hand, your son 
Still I know you're hiding something 
I sit and wait, then un-create 
My mind confused and filled with hate 
I marvel at our common fate 
Still I know you're hiding something 

Pieta, you're the one and only truly holy sculpture 
So now... sentenced by the divine tool I wheel he falls down 

Another crack upon the marble 
Disfigurement I don't even enjoy 
I see it now, though in vain 
I see how perfect art is pain 
And as I make you dissolve 
I see the secret that I have destroyed