Lascaille's Shroud - The Men Who Could Not See Themselves

Raised among cowards and liars
Men unable to look at themselves
Every mirror-all water muddied
Safer to drink the muck than see their own reflection

A shield raised against the sea
Recite the ancient words, rebuild the walls
Lights sing, rocking on the waves
Ignore the sirens' voice and do not heed their song

Harden your hearts against their words
Our truth is singular our truth is all
The old madness shields, the old madness guides
Nemowfo eciov eht morfkcab

But the sea will open and swallow the island
The moon will pull the ocean like a veil
Over the corpse of men who could not see themselves
The slumbering god on the island slumbers still

The beating of hearts, the rise of fear
The shore climbs every moon, nearer still
The men still pray to their madness
Beneath the soil the dreaming god wakes

The ocean's maw will swallow the island
Inward facing teeth will shred every man
Their wishes and their prayers are finally answered
In oblivion they'll never hear their song

And just a wound will remain in the sea
Where the ego of men had been
When the water heals nothing will be left
And the song of sirens fades from the island

So the Old One waits for the next
Man to build where everything sinks
In his dreams they find the earth
But all will pray themselves into death

Soften your heart and make yourself weak
There is no island on this sea
sllet snerisfo gnosehtos

Written by:
Brett Windnagle

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