The Faithless Ones (pt. 2)

Time came full circle and I shed my old skin
And the skies were carved in crimson blues
A new life began, a life without sin
A life close to joy, a life I would lose.

My world stood frozen as if astound
My time was now, without future or past
My soul ran free, untouched and unbound
And my heart would love once more, once last.

I knew naught of angels until that day
Nor of beauty, nor love or the endless fall
And there She stood and showed me the way
The Burning One, the brightest of all.

And her touch was gentler than a muse's song
And her kiss was sweeter than the finest wine
Her heart so fragile and yet so strong
And her soul as naked and bare as mine.

Once more, once last my wings flew their heighest
In a twist of fate, Love answered my call
Once more, once last my heart burned its brightest
But the brightest stars are the first ones to fall

And the blackest of eyes showed a love so pure
The darkest of hearts lastly found light
And thus was born a love without cure,
A time without end on the edge of night

And her touch was gentler than a muse's song
And her passion turned a frozen breath hot
And we walked together on a road too long
Outside of reason and outside of thought

And we danced beneath a September sky
As the world we knew lay behind in ash
And we danced entwined 'till heavens high
We danced 'till gods and men would clash

A forbidden love consumed what was real
Our fire defied a thousand worlds' suns
Deep on our hearts lay etched love's seal
The night we became the faithless ones

And our time grew as long as eternity's sight
Our love stronger than any gods you'd trust
We were the faithless children of night
Above heavens we stood, above love, above lust

And legions of angels striking at the core
Gods casting lightning in fear for their world
And demons holding hell's open door
So that Lucifer himself may cast his word

Fire atop us and poison beneath
United for once with a single goal.
Heaven and hell, cold and heat
To break apart that which is whole

And break they did, but it wasn't our love
'Twas a heart that died from the horror of war
From the hell below and heavens above
'Twas a heart that couldn't fight any more

Then I saw love's seraph naked in hell's deep
And she writhed in pain and her cries filled my night
And my eyes saw beauty dying in her sleep
As The Burning One was stripped of her light

So take my eyes, they bled their last dreams
Take my words, they stand written on dust
Take the cries and battles and screams
Take my reason, my life and my trust

Take my world or I'll take yours from you!
And heavens trembled and hell froze in fear
And demons and gods alike then knew
It wasn't love's destiny to die right here

But it became theirs to die instead!
And a sky carved in light heralds its end
And the marble halls of heaven came red
And to nothing all of hell I would send

My shield stands forged of Lucifer's wings
My sword tempered in heaven's fury
And I now rid the world of kings
For I've become both judge and jury