running to rakuen – tsume's requiem
nuriko kamaiji
i run
and i run
i never know how long
through fields and barren wastelands
deserts of sand and snow
blowing icy wind
endless screeching wind
a tireless breath
an empty call, soundless and shallow
without memory or thought
yet i still follow thru
wandering to the nameless places and desolate cities
hunger, rage and solitude
all the things i needed, all the things i ever had
burdensome scars weight down on my soul
blood, fangs, betrayal
these are the memories buried in this scar on my chest
overplaying anger, endless slaughter
useless
useless
hoping, praying
for something better
this the world we know
eternally dying
i needed nothing
but gentleness reached out to me, beseeching voices
some grating, some sweet, some singing
all alone in the cold
another's life flashes before me
empty, shallow with slivers of warmth
real happiness
strange, how sad…
running, running on eternally
bastards, i'll make it if i die
and yet i hear a voice singing to me
telling me gently
we'll meet again
perhaps in paradise
