Ritualist - Avarice Entrapment (feat. Michael O'Hara)

To see beyond was a curse, to feel the pressure mounting
Forcing me to finally come to terms with a wretched soul
It was a simpler time then, leftover scraps of life for a man
Who could not help but fear to grow old
Never enough to fill the hole
Break in all my greed, let flood in voracity, take a new hold
To recapture peace in a cycle of eternal woe
I've let contentment fade out beyond my horizons
I've seen our humble ways emaciated
So long as we hide in confines and the teachings of the penniless men
I fear that we are doomed, my love, to starve in this shame forever
Offering, a gift, a bribe
All my eyes see is an opportunity to rise
I could not stand to spend one more day
Inhaling this putrid wind of death and decay
To see my potential worth, to feel the judgment staring
Back at me from loved ones who i've failed to protect
Forsaken simpler times and march forth to gamble
My very life in the unknown beyond
Why be content with these
Scraps laid at your feet
Legends fear not rotting away
For they are etched in time, impervious to decay
Each and every past action ancillary
To the current objective
Diverging from the route of peasants,
We will now be traveling exclusively on the King's Path
Never before have I known the price of waiting too long
In idle retention
It impales me, and then forgets me
Searching every crevice for a reason to end
The signs fade in and out of sight
A mentor and tormentor entwined as one
But I simply cannot quell this hunger
Of all the infinite paths, choose only one
To see beyond was a curse, to feel the pressure mounting
Forcing me to finally come to terms with a wretched soul
Watching all I've left behind die and wither away
Proliferate the hands of avarice that guide my way
To see my potential worth, to feel the judgment staring
Back at me from loved ones who i've failed to protect
Now I only wish to go back in time to mend my choices
Piece together lost scraps of life to see a past never told

Written by:
Christopher Velarde

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