Acheron (EM Version) Lyrics

The river turns in violent shame

Through trees of green that house the pain

The tall grass static and spartan and waned

When the moon falls down again

I've drank my share from shakedown street

I've hung my head and claimed defeat

Like victory from the maw of man

And the moon danced down again

So what rough beast am I, my hour tolled

To slouch away if the bones ain't rolled

Two legs of stone sunk deep in sand

And the moon grows dim again

There's a bluebird in my heart it seems

He's Ophelia singing her way down the stream

He sung his wrath but the wrath won't end

So the moon sinks down again

An anvil heart is forged in fire

But to softer center I aspire

Because whatever god, whatever hand

That made me also made the lamb

So the moon begins to rise against

The sun and the haints, while the harlequins

They dance macabre 'neath blood red rain

And the moon won't set again

Our times ain't drawn in white and black

We pick up shades along the track

Some color we've got but some we lack

And we've all got things we can't take back

So we're Orpheus on the road from hell

Got to trust all we love will travel well

The engine's good, the chain ain't slack

Keep your eyes on the road, don't look back

I've got no mirrors, just blackened steel

Because all I await is ahead of the wheel

No matter what force tries to wrest control

I'm the only driver of my soul