Crimson Veil - Task Lyrics

Born under the foot of the hunter
Every word I speak to be stolen by thunder
They will turn my mouth to grey
Let the matter consume me
As the old laws fray

I am frightened of my voice
In case the echo talks
False mask of kindness
Hides an angry maw

I will fall from the arms of my sisters

Praying not to suffer

Ear to lips
Veil to mask
I never cried
This time, nor the last

My life's not mine
But I don't mind
I'll float along the river of time

I was buried alive
(beside him under a ceiling of glass)
I'm lying in wait
(for the next kiss to pass)
Shallow under dust
(I dare not breathe to uncover myself)

Wake in the blood (your time has come)
Wake in the blood (mine has begun)
Rise, renounce love

Take my eyes
(Blind)
Lead the way
(Lame)
Take this sin
(Hate)
To the grave

Voice, say what you're able to say
Things that will never be heard
Strong in the weight of my words

Now, take what was taken from you
Know that you won't be the last
Someday we'll finish the Task

Lightning strike me, end this cycle

The words I write upon for thee
On pages of illiteracy
My legacy is just a trace
I walk among the sacred space
I will not flicker, will not fall
Until my bones are laid before
I pass it to you quietly
The task that's set so carefully
And no one's here to carry it but me
No one's here to carry it but me