Vale of Tears

Don't Wait If Dawn Comes

Vale of Tears


Fallen on the hot ash of your altar 
Fed with yawning rage I wish we met there 

Stretch my weak body 
Kill piles of thousands of feeble ones 
Let it remain between us 

Don't let me hide crying 
Whip me tenaciously, let there be no shelter 
Let me feel you 

Torture me, tread on me, let me see 
Let me sleep on frozen roots, on icy nights 
Let them know it, too 

In soft hands, in decaying souls 
They should crawl humiliated, make the burdens even heavier 
Don't wait if dawn comes 
I wish we met there 
Let me feel you 
Don't wait if dawn comes 

Don't wait if dawn comes 
Let it remain between us 
Let me feel you 
Don't wait if dawn comes 

Vivid tongues of flame, lick it 
Sparkling eyes, flow, burn it 
They shouldn't write signs on gravestones