The Lonely Vessel II: A Challenger's Elegy

from The Void Alone by Crawl Across the Sky

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*In which the last human departs Earth.*

Verily, a polluted stream is man.
And verily, the earth was grieved that he existed
And nuclear rain had come down to absolve it.

I saw the end of every church, every mosque, and every synagogue,
I saw the end of every saint and every sinner
I saw the end of every hero and every villain
I saw the end of the righteous and the wicked
I saw the end of love and war, of heavens and hells
I saw the end of God

And I looked and beheld an ashen horse: and his name that sat on him was Thanatos, and Hades followed with him. Power was given unto them to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death.

All the accomplishments of men meant absolutely nothing.
They met their end beneath the hooves of an ashen horse.
And so I fled from the cup into a soaring bird -

Thou Brancusian vessel!
Ignite – engines roar above swirling masses
Tooth and claw, sword and shield
Lightning thunders above metal birds
Escape velocity – an escape
Oppenheimer’s voice of ruin
Goodbye to everything,
Goodbye to a pale blue dot erased

Now, into darkness this vessel will stride
In search of new light.
In search of a meaning outside of myself
Outside of the world surrounding me
Outside of this vessel I am trapped in
Beyond the silence of God,
May he hold me fast
May he go before me
And go beside me to befriend me
O Lord, may thou guide me
May thy hand be upon me

Goodbye to everything
Goodbye

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from The Void Alone, released November 29, 2020

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