The End of Me

from There Is No One Left To Bury Me by Stranger Killings

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The End Of Me

decay and destruction are mine to court
my soul is my own to condemn or set free

Chorus
this is the end of me
this is the beginning
in the death and the life in between
there is nothing but need
this is the end of me
this is the (only) beginning

the flame is never hot enough
the dream is never bad enough
the death is never pure enough
to give me pause

and we fall
but is it we
i am of us
and we all must bleed

but there is need
and need alone
and when i hunt
i hunt alone
and when i dine
i dine alone
and when i sleep
i sleep alone

Chorus

there is black blood
that stops hearts
and there are songs
that raise souls
but nought and nihil
are mine to court
and mine to control

there is nothing to know
there is no meaning in murder
there is love to take
but only hate to nurture

i am only the end of me
i am only the beginning

and nought is the word
and nihil is the lesson
i’ll not die for love
but only for pleasure
there is nothing to know
and no meaning in murder

i am the death of december
and the scream of october
i’ll be buried in the summer
and rise again in the winter

Chorus

red is the flower
and black is the pollen
and prayer’s just a joke
to those who have fallen
and maybe i’m sick
but I still have no reason
mine is the strength and the voice
that courts death and destruction

there is love to be had
it is mine to grab
and crush beneath my boot
i am not for want
i am the truth
and i am the end of me

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from There Is No One Left To Bury Me, released February 14, 2016

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