Clawing at the Rot Lyrics

I embrace the fall -- descend with elation
A virtuous heart
Now darkened by foreshadowed fate
I was caught by the arms that had pushed me away
-- towards the edge of the world
I stood wishing for strength
To turn back and face my mistakes
Three times now fate has failed to grant me my wish,
My wish for death

Accepted, adorned
Rejected, Reborn
This coronation of thorns –
I will reign hope over you all

So hold close your dearest
For god was never there to hear us
Scribing and scratching at walls --
While detaching from truth and reality
Though I am haunted day after day
I became king, reigning over mistakes
Clawing through rays of sunlight
Staring back - the ash and bitter cold
Is the winter of life’s welcomed chill
-- seduced by the whisper of death,
And this breath-taking ill?

Accepted, Adorned
Rejected, Reborn
This coronation of thorns –
I will watch your hope all slip away

Through death, I have found life…
I could not bear to ask for more
For when you’ve lost everything –
You see trophy in these lungs;
You breathe…
Hell-bound once, I now accept my addiction
And I feel so alive
Until you’ve heard the whisper of death,
Life seems so fucking meaningless

Accepted, Adorned
Rejected, Reborn
This coronation of thorns –
I will reign hope over you all