To My Blood and Tears

Sitting on a park bench

Staring at the sky

Waiting for the rain to come

To mix with tears to dry

Drink to the lifeless river

Drink to the fleeting fears

Drink to the nameless mountain

Drink to my blood and tears

Tears not of denial

Tears not of defeat

Tears not of sorrow

But tears of hopeless feat

Drink to the lifeless river

Drink to the fleeting fears

Drink to the nameless mountain

Drink to my blood and tears

I cry out into the night

Cry to the moonlit sky

Cry with heart in hand

Cry that you won't die

Drink to the lifeless river

Drink to the fleeting fears

Drink to the nameless mountain

Drink to my blood and tears

And as I close my eyes

Thinking I've lost thee

And feel that all is lost

A voice whispers to me:

Do not drink to the river

Do not drink to me

Do not drink to hopelessness

For my soul is cast to sea

And with these words it vanished

Just like that, not there

Staring at eye level with the fading sun

I stand and do declare

I shall not drink to my blood

I shall not drink to thee

I shall not drink to my tears

But will cast your soul to sea