Raptured (Away From Me)

*dedicated to Agent SS**
* dedicated to Escape the Fate, Reverse this Curse


-----------/Raptured: Stalks of Wheat/

I know now what it is to experience
loss in love,
and oblivion
you and I spoke just the other day
....you had a very affable demeanor
and I looked forward to continuing
this friendly discourse
I of course harbored favorable sentiments towards you
but mostly just wanted to get to know you
by standing in your presence
and breathing your air

But your face changed
when I saw you next – you were cold,
eyes obtuse
you diverted your gaze from me
your feelings nebulous
to exchanging pleasantries you were averse
when I reached out to greet you
desirous to shake your hand
you reluctantly obliged
and maintained your stride – walking away from me
forever
left behind

Oh Agent SS*,
in these last days
I ate, I drank, I sold, I planted, I built
expectations of our friendship
only to be met with the fire and brimstone of your cruelty
like Sodom
you left me on the housetop, goods in the house left to spoil
dreams of a tight bond between us
-now severed -
we were in bed, I turned over and you were gone
we were grinding together, I leaned over to pick up loose grain
...the millstones shattered
We were in the field of newfound camaraderie
I in a state of reverie
then all of a sudden you disappeared
and I was alone
left to search hopelessly for you
amongst the stalks of wheat


(Why did you run away from me? What did I do?)


------------------------Luke 17:20-37
Now when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you." Then He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. And they will say to you, 'Look here!' or 'Look there!' Do not go after them or follow them. For as the lightning that flashes out of one part under heaven shines to the other part under heaven, so also the Son of Man will be in His day. But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. Likewise as it was also in the days of Lot: They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; but on the day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. Even so will it be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed. "In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his goods are in the house, let him not come down to take them away. And likewise the one who is in the field, let him not turn back. Remember Lot's wife. Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed: the one will be taken and the other will be left. Two women will be grinding together: the one will be taken and the other left. Two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left.” And they answered and said to Him, "Where, Lord?" So He said to them, “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will be gathered together."





----Reverse this Curse, Lyrics-----

A withered past and a blurry future,
My hearts on an auction,
It goes out to the highest bid.

I live too fast, and I know I will lose her,
But there is an option, to die is to live in her head.

So I'll hang on, never let go.
I dug this pain into my chest.
Instead

[Chorus:]
One last chance to reverse this curse,
You stole my heart but I had it first.
And now I see you've got something to prove,
And nothing to lose, so let me tell you the truth.

A deadly wish but it should've come sooner,
A corpse in a funeral that I would never attend.
There is a light on in the back of this house,
But you're not around, to die is to live in her head.

So I'll hang on, never let go.
I dug this pain into my chest.
It's dead.

[Chorus:]
One last chance to reverse this curse,
You stole my heart but I had it first.
And now I see you've got something to prove,
And nothing to lose so let me tell you the truth.

So, this goes, out to, the ones that fall in love,
And to, the girl, that filled my dark.
Last night I had the weirdest dream,
That you and I drove up the darkest streets,
Passing through these city lights,
Closure for the kiss that died.

One last chance to reverse this curse,
You stole my heart but I had it first,
And now I see you've got something to prove,
And nothing to lose so let me tell you the truth.

One last chance to reverse this curse,
You stole my heart but I had it first,
And now I see you've got something to prove,
And nothing to lose so let me tell you the truth.

(whisper) This goes
Out to
The ones that fall in love
And to the girl
That filled my dark