Taken to task in some Engine of Hell
I lacked the toll to cross the river there
someone forgot to put the sterling on my brow
Gone from a world, that I might sail
Taken to plow off this debt somehow
Somewhere in the outer planets
I think that its cold but I'm not sure that this is my body
I was robbed of my mask in some engine of Hell
I have a feeling that I might be here a while
you might want to call in a maid to help keep you clean
But I remembered all of your lines from life
And told them to my keeper
He said that you were funny but a liar
Some dark deceiver
Some dark deceiver.
Now I'm free drifting though Saturn’s debris
things cut and floating through a blackness that never seems to end
I think if I willed it, I could return home
But the warmth of the sun, it has become searing
I have a feeling that I might float here a while
Rift and directionless, that I might spin myself
But I remembered all of your lines from the living
And told them to my nearest keeper
A distant star there was laughing
Said you were funny and now we’re free
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