"Light"

What is light 
But a heart full of sin
I burn in the fire 
On this secret night 
Sacrifice is required 
And I beckon you home 
For my need is dire 

You hear me calling
In a time of disaster 
And again I am falling
Deeper and faster 

It hollows my sign
And hardens my heart
It distorts my mind
It rips me apart
It tends to us all 
With both darkness and light
Where the dead are aligned
On fallen wings 

Treacherous and endless 
Together we descend
With strikes of venom
Just waiting for a pull
With the devil's way 
And that of consumption 
My spirit is inlayed 
And love is corruption 

Will you teach me to defeat
The inner coward
And how to entreat
A higher power
Show me a method
To have and to hold 
And when I have relented
Show me how to let go