Null Device

Footfalls

Null Device


Footfalls

Crimson flags they fly 
burning childhood 
consumed with passions 
promised in light 
crimson pyres rise 
floating through air 
disposed by nothing 
promised in light 

I was drawn in 
a moth to a flame 
I was a pawn in 
an unprincipled game 
belief and need 
the dagger and shield 
truth, word and deed 
the arms that we wield 

Footfalls that I hear 
footfalls in the night 
in the beat of my heart 
or do the come for me? 
footfalls that I hear 
footfalls in the night 
the wind is at my back 
here they come for me 

I was drawn in 
a moth to a flame 
my role forgone in 
the words of my name 
science and art 
the dagger and shield 
prayer and heart 
the arms that we wield 

Footfalls that I hear 
in each beat of my heart 
footfalls in the night 
here they come for me 
footfalls that I hear 
in each beat of my heart 
footfalls in the night 
...they come for me.