Willing Oneself To Forget What Cannot Otherwise Be Forgiven Lyrics - That Within Blood Ill-tempered - Shai Hulud

Fail the sun to shine 

As there is no more beauty left to alighten 

What was once flourished has withered away 

And what will not weather I cannot stomach 

Oh the cruelty of a persistent scar 

Fail the sun to shine 

I can keep my lips from trembling 

While I sever with regretful hands 

The strings so carelessly attached to me 

I can remove the litter of intimacy 

Alas, this won't be the death of me 

If that which breaks merely tears seldom lasts 

How can that which breaks ever heal 

This won't be the death of me 

I would rather bleed than feel 

I would rather bleed 

No man can learn the value of his life without pain 

And yet no man deserves a life's worth in pain 

And I have a lifetime left to learn 

Am I not a better man? 

A man who has grown sound and strong 

A man who has learned from his misery 

Am I not a better man? 

A clever man who taught his flesh the way of steel 

This lasting man of resolve and will 

Am I not a better man? 

Or just a bitter man? 

That rots with memories and only grows cold? 

And indeed, I have grown cold 

And this moment feels like the harshest end to the coldest day 

This day has lasted a lifetime 

With an eternity left to lapse 

Here I am, forsaken 

Just as I forsook the sun 

A blend of venom and winter 

The kiss of frost and poison 

How I wish for a steady hand to wipe away these scars 

Or a tender kiss to render me forgetful 

Were the sun to follow bitter examples 

We would truly know winter 

Eternally 

May the sun shine on the forsaken 

May the sun shine brightly 

And illuminate our scars