Scarangella - 99 Days Lyrics

Pounding footfalls break the calm of Autumn
An errant wave crash on distant jagged rock
A scream rings out, cut short and echoes last
Boot heels click and scratch the dusty land

In the blink of an eye
With a flickering breath
You cry her name
Witness her death

The gift of life is quickly taken
Some will live to learn this tale
All for nothing
A Sodom of one man's divine
But ninety nine days will pass
And you will see her face

Machetes cut a bloody arc across a judgeless sky
Piercing shadows tore her throat
And claimed her virgin flesh
Through debris and filth you watched
As sister dearest writhed in death

In the blink of an eye
With a flickering breath
You cry her name
Witness

The crown has turned its back on you
Father's footsteps down the hall
Cast to nothing
Awakened to a primal cry
Yield to blade, pay the price
You will see her face

A bleeding heart
Beats for no one
Its seams cross-hatched
With self-inflicted scars

The guilt turned into agony
Propelled a young boy to frenzy
Sling their blood across the sky
Pile the dead higher, til the vultures cry

In the blink of an eye
With a flickering breath
You cry her name

Crippled by the guilt of loss
Your bloody reason stands unknown
Lost to everything
Memories of life pass by
The talons are closing in
Cleanse the past, erase the sin

The gift of life is quickly taken
You have lived to learn this tale
All for nothing
A Sodom of one man's of divine
But ninety nine days have passed
And you will see her face