Wither Lyrics

Near lifeless skin stretched
Over a prone skeleton
An image branded for all time
Within my memoryPursuit began, seeking pleasure
Delivered with a price
Though an illusion of instant bliss enticed
Toyed with what immediately only overpoweredChased the dragon thinking
That it would not turn to devourSteel driven into skin
Contamination forced in
Jaws of death close together
The haze that surges must not winWitherBody given to the vortex
Awake in a synthetic dream
Time and meaning fades
Life drains far faster than it seemsDrawn to the brink
By thoughts of invincibility
To give into what beckons
ConstantlyPulled back across the threshold
Loved by the ones who helped bring salvation

The future is in the hands
Of a once self-made victim
Self-made victimSteel driven into skin
Contamination forced in
Jaws of death close together
The haze that surges must not winWither