Hollow - Rivers of Nihil

As I walk through the shallows of my distant mind

I see the forms of faces I had long forgot

They search and reach, though their secrets I will keep

Despair, oh my child.

Everything that we’ve worked for is gone

And I’ll keep running away, pulling away

Facing the days that don’t seem to end

How can I make amends?

Break yourself.

Do it again, then you begin

It doesn’t seem to end, a hollow sense of self takes, its root within

Crush the stone in your hand until it bleeds

All of the pain that you’ve felt now isn’t real, it never was

Only age and disillusion remain

I face it all the same

I’ll face the endless days

Collect my weary bones

And touch my fragile skin

Making it new again

In this world, as disillusion incarnate

As this place, grows smaller every day

In this world, I feel no presence with me

To escape, I’d give it all away

Crush the stone in your hand until it bleeds

All of the pain that you’ve felt now isn’t real and it never was

Only age and disillusion remain

The hollow thoughts prevail

If there’s only one thing I promise

It’s that you’ll turn back

And leave this place like a ghost

Forever turned away

I’ll face the endless days