I used to hold your hand in pain A curve, an arc, wander through the haze Who are you now? Can’t leave this terrain Opaque the ground, silent refrain Into the arms, embraced by all of someone Enduring scarred, can’t be undone by someone It’s taken hold of me In everything I see Affliction carries the knife dear Mute swan holds the sound near Blackened dawn holds the light near And I live on into the night here I can’t live and breathe your name For you walk committing pain A harm, a word, withering sane You cut, you starve, wounded the same Into the arms, embraced by all of someone Enduring scarred, can’t be undone by someone It’s taken hold of me In everything I see Affliction carries the knife dear Mute swan holds the sound near Blackened dawn holds the light near And I live on into the night here