The Shores of Acheron

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When midnight murmurs circle
And dance around your head
You hear what they are saying
And you wish that you were dead
Your mind is streaming forward
But your brain just can't go on
And you wake up washed up, stranded
On the shores of Acheron

The blinding sunlight pierces
The deepest regions of your mind
And the blasting heat it causes
Your frozen heart-strings to unwind
You take your listless dignity
And the crutch it rests upon
And you leave it there forgotten
On the shores of Acheron

If you can't pay the boatman's toll
You'll have to wait there
You're just a shade
It hurts you, you just want to go
But it's to late
The world's begun to fade

And when your logic centers
Have fused into your eyes
To cry your nameless feelings
And melt them into lies
You call out to worshiped idols
But they've already gone
They've left you wandering blindly
On the shores of Acheron

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from The Shores of Acheron, released May 7, 2013

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