Child of Burning Time

Slipknot · All Hope Is Gone [2008]

Child of Burning Time...

Child of Burning Time...



My only consolation is a lie

The apex of my consequence is dying here tonight

Winter hasn't ended and it always looks like rain

I can't remember anything...



Inside the absolution, we succumb

And appetites are bittersweet / I think I'm going numb

A chance to give up Avarice has marked my one regret

The Child of Burning Time is gone

He hasn't come back yet...



Before I tell my story, please consider who I am

I missed my window years ago / I'm doing all I can

A tragedy is commonplace, but in the end they go away

My skin is still the only stain I'm left to wear in shame



I cut my name / into my heart / I'll tear it all apart

I beg you... Burn me away...

I won't become your hero just to fight the life I save

Burn me away...

I won't give up tomorrow just to lose it all today



I burn away (x4)



My isolation is my course

The effect it has on life itself is a cancer on its source

I rue the moments spent between the Fetish and the Flame

Until this war is over, I won't ever lose my rage



I cut my name / into my soul / I guess I'll never know

I beg you...Burn me away...

I won't become your hero just to fight the life I save

Burn me away...

I won't give up tomorrow just to lose it all today