I. Woe Regains My Substance Lyrics

Awakening on the other side of catharsis,
Returning from a coma of unknowable extent,
Baffled, aghast, dumbfounded.
A sort of "enter scene
I repossess body, reason and sentience.
My sorrow a ready mnemonic.
Like bitterness wafted under-nose
I'm birthed again
Into my own awareness
That black dog and that old friend

And I begin to remember...
In place to assassinate his holiness
I was supposed to arrive, pass through,
Cease, or retire, have learned, or come home to graduate
But the alleged rite of passage eludes me
There is only another horizon
This memoir more a saga than a simple tale
Beginning and end seem synonyms
Impossible to trace and nevertheless infinite
There is always another horizon.

Set up to slaughter god, but now it's time I kill
I, entitled to my death and passing
Now pass nothing but time
Endless frontier, awash with years
Eternal pilgrim, brimming with tears.
So this is survival.