Blessed, Alone

For these things I weep A lifetime of kneeling Beg and plead To burn down every part, of every life There's no living beauty Pain and sorrow live side by side In unending night Heavy mourning They won't cry for us They won't cry for us at this place no hope why can't it survive no comfort to soften the blows has hollowed the heart has calloused the hands has avowed the decline has ushered the collapse has confirmed the loss