My fingers shed crusted blood each rung that slips my grip
I hold the chains of time for one whose name wont pass my lips
He pulls and yanks he screams my shame for all the stars to know
What cursed thought to cross the mind should I think to let go
What manner of man would I become if I should shed this load
Would the stars still shine upon a husk without a soul
Oh do the stars still shine at all
Their light I do not know
Or is my sight just blocked nonstop by red rain as it flows
Another link falls from me, my hands and arms in pain
My palms raw and stained by blood that drips as I strain
The one, that demon, laughs and taunts, he knows how this will end
I fail, again, and all the stars will turn from me and dim
And then the red rain floods the earth until I cannot swim
But death will come for all but me, and then it starts again
The demon shouts, “just one gram left” I shudder at his grin
What trail, what cell, what hideous hell.. this loop without an end
I feel the last link slip my grip and sigh my will away
Though fight I must and fight I do I will not end this day
The gods have all forsaken me but I want not their love
I find no man or beast as low as I do those above
For all the men who work to please it never is enough
I’ve learned this lesson long ago for life one must be tough
So as the stars all turn from me I curse the skies above
And as the red rain floods the earth I swim and search for gloves