Wells

Drawing from deep within the earth
Knowledge forgotten over time
The world around us grew dead
As we drowned in the wells

We died there on those slopes
In the foothills so vast
The trees around us grew pale
And still we drowned

We found our heaven underground
Roots twisting in a path to catharsis
Strangling us and choking us
And we became the water

The light that blinded was finally killed
The light that burnt us was destroyed

Why must we dwell here
Amongst our own smoking ruins?
These walls are full of longing and remorse
Why won't they break?
To be under here forever
Is to gain eternal life
But yet still we are blinded
And still we are drowned

Is there no hope in these wells?
It is always so dark down here
I want to see the light again
But there is no hope in these wells

Drawing from deep within the earth
Knowledge forgotten over time
The world around us grew dead
As we drowned in the wells

We died there on those slopes
In the foothills so vast
The trees around us grew pale
And still we drowned