I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
From times in kingdoms I have come
The oaths I have sworn
Never shall I deceive my quest
I will gather the immortals to weep
I shall crucify my death
The children of black - Oh, what is their pity?
Shall they not die for me?
My soil shall remain graveless
For I was here to wander
...and I will collect my sins
From my beloved I shall tear out the last one
Never will you see me take what's mine
I share nothing with my shadow
I wander without this untrustful
Made by light - My eyes' worst enemy
Ancients shall again conquer the kingdoms
Beyond my candles I shall look
But thou, my ears shall hear this fire
Made by human eyes
Not to be seen
I will call out my needs
For they will be suffered for
For this, no one shall ever sleep again
The nightpain is eternal
And your sorrow is, by my name, eternal
So sleep....
The oaths I have sworn
Never shall I deceive my quest
I will gather the immortals to weep
I shall crucify my death
The children of black - Oh, what is their pity?
Shall they not die for me?
My soil shall remain graveless
For I was here to wander
...and I will collect my sins
From my beloved I shall tear out the last one
Never will you see me take what's mine
I share nothing with my shadow
I wander without this untrustful
Made by light - My eyes' worst enemy
Ancients shall again conquer the kingdoms
Beyond my candles I shall look
But thou, my ears shall hear this fire
Made by human eyes
Not to be seen
I will call out my needs
For they will be suffered for
For this, no one shall ever sleep again
The nightpain is eternal
And your sorrow is, by my name, eternal
So sleep....
Lyrics submitted by Metropolis
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