Birthmark

The path of blood will seek you out

And with this song a stone

Pressed heavy on your heart

I don't believe you know how long

It conspired to weigh me down

It was so hard to shake off

There are places here in hell

For people like us

Who go against the ghosts

And there's no memory at all

If we've boarded up the doors

To the house where we grew up

For you will always wear a birthmark

And it stains like a blight on the landscape

And nothing grows in the wake of its carcinoma

And it burns and burns inside your heart

When all is said, when all is done

The time you lost your hope

Is when I lost my own

And I will see you when we are gone

To every fate our own

We'll face the end alone

For you will always wear a birthmark

And it stains like a blight on the landscape

And nothing grows in the wake of its carcinoma

And it burns and burns inside your heart

For you have always worn a birthmark

Our secret shadows give us away

And I tried to wave to you across this canyon

For there are no bridges to bear this weight