Lethe's Shroud Lyrics

Lethe is drawing her shroud around me
casting a shadow over my mind
a shadow that extends little by little, night after night
my memories withering beneath it, in a place my consciousness cannot find

There were names I once knew
and faces I once recognized
they now loom in a haze of obscurity
not far from my mind, but forever lost to me

Tell me what it is I have lost
what has been stolen from me
tell me, but I cannot recall what you say
wasting away in the clutches of this disease

Such is the plague that runs through my veins, such is my curse
to see my reality fade
into dismal mirages
slipping further and further into an unending, languid dream

Such is the plague that runs through my veins, such is my curse
to live what remains of my days as a burden
and cast kith and kin into deepest despair
as they watch me succumb
as they watch me regress into obliviousness
as they watch me deteriorate
as they watch me forget

Tighter and tighter, Lethe's shroud suffocates me
darker and darker, the shadow envelops my mind
the vessel of wisdom permanently enucleated
all the bonds I have forged so cruelly severed

Tell me what it is I have lost
what has been stolen from me
lead me back to the light, but I'll always lose my way
My sanity eroded by this disease