Solitary Striving Lyrics

There is no solace above or below, only us, small, solitary, striving

Guided by the waves, listen to the mist

Blindly cast away, will the night guide my way home?

Chaos on the wind, will the night swallow me whole?

Guided by the waves, through the cold, heaving unknown

Listen to the mist, whispering, the stories untold

Fight every battle everywhere – always, in your mind

Everyone's your enemy. Everyone is your friend

Every possible series of events is happening all at once

Live that way and nothing will surprise you

Everything that happens will be something that you've seen before

When you stare into the abysmal darkness

A watery grave in winter twilight

Pulling you down

Pulling you down!

When you gaze into the freezing unknown

The dying earth, it's heaving undertow

Pulling you down

Pulling you down!

Yearning for the outside alone

We travel with hearts of stone

With heaving lungs of blood and fire

Betrayed by malefic liars

A crash of thunder in my mind

The quintessential passion for life it's hard to find

And the light, it feels so wrong

Loathing the impending dawn

The only thing that I've learned, is that life is about suffering

There's no escape from it

What's important is how we deal with

Suffering... how we deal with the truth

How do I tell my children that life is all about suffering?

They will find out for themselves