Ancient Arrows

I’ve seen your arrows pierce the city streets
And the first to throw their stone
Is the first to hang from the tallest of trees
Oh, I’ve seen you bear your teeth
With a spear through your heart
From an ancient affair of deceit
A nightmare lingering inside
Inside of a death marked dream

I walk the paths of this kingdom
Searching for my love
I call her name
To the moon and the sun with a
Hopeful prayer on my tongue

Oh, bound in the vows of heartless men
To be claimed like the spoils of a voyage cascaded in sin
Our children cannot hide another year (oh no)
The faceless walls of a citadel
Are a prison I’ve learned to fear

I walk the paths of this kingdom
Searching for my love
I call her name
To the moon and the sun with a
Hopeful prayer on my tongue

Read these palms that I might see light of dawn

In my dreaming I see her face
She wears a veil that shrouds her gaze
She speaks of the love and horror
That await me when I wake

We walk in a path to see
The light of a lover’s dream
The fortunes of fear call to find us all
Now the stars in the sky concede
To write our destiny
A hand to hold us all
And send us off to sleep