Run ~the Burden You Carry~
Don’t stop
Keep on your feet
Don’t know what you’re running from
But you must keep moving.
Perhaps you run from the shadows
Yes, that must be it
You run from what lies in the shadows
Lurking in the deepest darkest corners of the earth
You run from what cannot be explained
But from whatever it is you run from
I’ll run by your side.
It seems like the world is moving in slow motion
And its difficult to keep moving
Like running in water with a heavy burden upon you
Keeping you down
Exhausting you
Stealing your breath
The sting of the cold
Winters bitter bite
Slowly we tread up this mountain
Breaking my heart it does
Seeing you this way
How I wish I could take it on myself
But this burden it is a burden only you can cary
And soon enough
Destroy.
The loud silence
It is killing me
Not like any other silence, no
It is a permanent silence
The silence of death
Voices stolen from the faceless riders
Silenced forever
Now only the wind whistles it’s “goodbyes”
They ring in my ear
I do not dare cry
Not in front of you
You do not need another burden to carry.
But the silence is broken
In the distance I hear a scream
These cries come from you
It is the faceless riders
They have come to silence another soul
They will steal you away
I will not allow this
They cannot take you away from me
They cannot cut the bonds of friendship and love
I look into their black hearts
Until they shutter and cower into the shadows
Where they shall remain.
They have weakened you
I can see it
It is another burden on your shoulders
I cannot carry them for you
But I can carry you
I can help
I’ll keep you alive
We can do this together
I’ll be a light for you when the rest go out
And, my dear friend, I will never fade away
Together we can do this
Together we can destroy the dark shadows
Destroy the evil
And destroy the burden that’s killing you now
Fear.
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