And West once more Beyond swirling of spitting seas Past immense gates of bloody iron Trapped, the animal bites through limbs in steel teeth The human succumbs, meekly And they have souls? Shall we discuss boulders? Slick with tears or blood Or a flaming wheel Bearing some screaming wreck It will always return, for the weak Of course We need not bow to the choking shroud (The shroud of Erebus) Souls as bronze anvil, fell nine days 18 from heaven to crash on cold rock When did we begin feeding on that lie When did we accept our own cages We need not bow down to the choking shroud The shroud of Erebus Why a life snuffled out in darkness? Why trudge towards a disappearance? No boulders or flaming wheels Shall we talk of crawling chaos? They are your chains. Not mine Learn strength, worms I will not sink to your level A nine day journey to darkness Ah, Nyx, close your womb Your children are heavy