The Depths

Holding onto the light, you’ve lost your way Delving deep into the darkness so boldly The walls and tunnels all look the same The way back out unclear, finding yourself lost So you push forward despite the pounding in your ears Terror intensifies as the tunnels start to narrow The air grows stale and thick as you push forward Into the mouth of the underworld What starts as bravery ends deep inside the earth Headlong into blackness and you shall pay the price There are ancient places deep underground The depths where man was not meant to go And as the passage finally comes to a bottleneck Crawling on hands and knees you still press on The light you carried wavers and goes out And something deeper down within begins to howl You try to escape, but you’re caught between the rocks The scurrying noises echo from up ahead You can feel the blood pump as you know you’re going to die No one will find you, the cave becomes your tomb