By Shadows Thine Held - Carnifex

All their souls, they speak to me

Confessing every sin I never wanted to see

All their souls, they speak to me

Like razor blades, they cut away

At the strings that hold my heart

One more cut and it falls apart

One more cut and it falls apart

A hole in my chest where there should be a heart

I’d sell my soul just so death can take me back

By shadows I am held

Buried with the bodies of the past

All those words, I just can’t take them back

By shadows I am held

Buried with the bodies of the past

All their souls, they speak to me

Confessing every sin I never wanted to see

All their souls, they speak to me

There is a ghost just behind my eyes

No hands to move, no tongue to lie

Just a thought, meant just for me

No lungs to breathe, no eyes to see

It’s not my head and it’s not my heart

It has no face, just a voice in the dark

They cast their shadow but can never be seen

I hear their words but never see them speak

They cast their shadows but can never be seen

Never be seen

I’d sell my soul just so death can take me back

By shadows I am held

Buried with the bodies of the past

All those words, I just can’t take them back

By shadows I am held

Buried with the bodies of the past

Let this world fade to black

I dream in silence and sorrow

Untold nightmares of horrors unseen

I dream in silence and sorrow

Untold nightmares of horrors unseen

I swear I won’t see tomorrow

Let go and take these ghosts from me

Let go, take from these ghosts from me