The Eyes of Extinction

Hiding
 Hiding under the ground
 Is the world still turning 'round?
 Writing
 I give names to the colors and shapes
 Can I recall my lover's face?
 Sliding
 Are there a thousand animals near
 Or is the breathing that I hear the space from one to ten
 From blue to white to grey?
 And when I stare into the eyes of extinction
 Where a memory's asleep
 Where it's unsalvageably deep
 Will I blend into the water or surrender
 And be truly, truly gone in annihilation's splendor?
 Hunt me
 I'll be running stray from the pack
 Blood and moonlight glow on my back
 Want me
 Come on and give me reason to sing
 Turn me into anything
 Confront me
 Because the choice is clear as ice
 Between the emptiness, concise and dead, or birth again
 A chaos shaped like God
 And when I stare into the eyes of extinction
 Where a memory's asleep
 Where it's unsalvageably deep
 Will I blend into the water or surrender
 And be truly, truly gone in annihilation's splendor?
 Come stare into the eyes of extinction with me
 And together we might see another burning of the dawn
 When it's empty up in heaven, there among the last debris
 Is the seed still green and tender of a life that's living on
 And if I stare into the eyes of extinction
 And they're staring back at me
 All the ghosts that they would see
 Do you know how much is lost when you are blinking?
 Every beast that breathed infinity
 The love of lightning's warmth
 And if I stare into the eyes
 I stare into the eyes
 I stare into the eyes of extinction
 And if I stare into the eyes
 I stare into the eyes
 I stare into the eyes of extinction
 And if I stare into the eyes
 I stare into the eyes
 I stare into the eyes of extinction
 And if I stare into the eyes
 I stare into the eyes
 I stare into the eyes of extinction