The Valley

Circle down to the mouth of the valley

Kneel now down at the face, at the gate

As every footfall crumbles so fast beneath me

Under the weight of this eternal shame

And to you who've given up in the valley

And to you who've given all to its wake

Just another endless night falls around thee

Just another grey landscape to face

I want to step into the armor of another, stronger

I want to look once through the eyes of someone good

So I can gather up the names of our mothers

And wash away the shame and lift them to sainthood

But if you have given up in the valley

And if you have given all to its wake

It's just another endless night fall around me

Just another fucked up thing I can't save

But always run forever miles, does it end?

Then another wall rises in the distance

Their horizon parts for none

Where mothers failed to carry all their weight

I will be brave

Yes, I will be brave

You see them?

Those who have fallen stacked up like stones in a pile

You see them?

A tower of failures so twisted and vile

You see them there?

Ancient and seething, get them out of my way

You see them?

Those who have fallen, get them out of my way

You see them?

Those who have fallen stacked like stones in a pile

You see them?

A tower of failures, get them out of my way

You see them?

Ancient and seething, tossed in a pyre

You see them?

Those who have fallen, get them out of my way

You see them?

A tower of failures, get them out of my way