Is solace a hopeless crusade

The grandeur of a raping plague

A portrait that is best forgotten

Bed of fire for the dying orphans

Is there a bridge for the endless mote?

A river for the arid throat?

A sun for the winter flower?

A knight in the weeping hour? [romans 724]

The poison sails on ships with pain my veins have never known

My eyes have seen the glory of the antidote [numbers 216-9, john 314-15]

A love lifted, the curse has left its birthplace [deuteronomy 2815-68, galatians 313, romans 512-18]

Romance me [romans 58], ransom me [1 peter 118-20]

A love lifted, in paradise remember me [luke 2340-43]

Romance me, ransom me

The idol that birthed betrayal [genesis 31-19]

Where eulogies have littered the trail

A song that is sung with a forked tongue

Blackballed by the angels

And we're dropping like flies

An assault to the eyes

Spraying death in every direction

This infection's a torrential tide [romans 512]

Amazing, sweet mercy, romance me, ransom me [titus 34-5]