Interment Lyrics

You were walking all alone

Late last night into the woods

But you got lost along the way

I'm still waiting for you

Everyone said "be patient, son"

Give her some time and she will come

But I've been searching for a week

Haven't turned up anything

Our eyes were made to fool us

It was the dress you always wore

And oh my god, there's so much blood

We knew no one could survive; heaven, grant us mercy

There was a clearing in the trees

Ominous pile of sticks and leaves

And there was something underneath

We all knew what it would be

You were staring back

And at your funeral the trumpets called to the sky

Clamored "how could someone do this to a child?"

And nothing ever fell as hard as my knees onto the ground

Now you sleep forever in the ground

Now you're one of the lord's children

When you get to Heaven, when He finds you

Won't you tell the rest up there we miss them, too?

Just imagine all the fun we could have

You are such a pretty girl, oh

I'm the only one who loves you now

So my angel don't you move, you'll tire out

I've got such big plans for you my lovely child

Don't be frightened, when you scream, no one hears you

And the woods breathe life to us, to our hearts, honest

And the mountain mourns for me, mourns for you

Do you believe that there is an ocean under the ground

And on the surface we honor its somber gaping mouth

And we crawled inside time ago to see how the blood moves in and out

What the heart would do, the mountain mourns for me, for you

Agnus dei, filius patris, amen

The clutch of saints, the feast of swine

The slaughter stain, your pretty face

We all joined hands with one another

And stood, silent, 'til the sun sank under the trees

And we put you in the ground

And we shoveled all of the earth back in place

The angels said with a great sigh

"What are we to do with this?"

And the dogs laid still, short of breath

Pine trees bowed in the gale

Room fades in, still chained together

He slipped up, you slip out

Under the gathered storm you ran

Ruggedly bristled and bare feet

But he'll find you over and over

Your crooked legs aren't strong enough to escape me now

And you came into a clearing

And the beast, how it found us

And oh, how it finds you, too

And you feel the hands drag you to the ground

How cold, the steel that slipped across your throat

Oh did it drain into the ground

Does it flow back to us now?