The Crimson Sleep
My soul is bent
My body, wrought
My mind is weary,
Broken, draught
Let me know the winter's sight
Let me fall into that night
Let me be the winter's breath
Take me down to death
Let the rain wash me away
Let the pain dissolve this day
Let the night ne'er know its end
Let the sunlight, still, descend
Fall and fall into my soul
Down and down, that self-same hole
Absence drives the light from me
Presence blinds what I can't see
Let loose the body, free the soul
Confound the feeling, numb the whole
Forget the thought, forget regret
Be lost to time, absolved and set
Let this elixir permeate
Wash o'er the soul, dissolve my fate
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