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        A GRAVE FOR BURNING WINGS  
        (Strength Through Joy) 
        
    Could it be the worst shall fallAnd misery's gloom be the heir to life?
 Is there a choice between life and its end?
 Must we choose what hastens to fulfill the loss?
 Your image has haunted so many a dreamYour shadow has swollen on so many sails
 But if you left this place
 Where the sun shines dim
 Would you lonely darkness
 Caress these hell-bent tears
 We call upon you in the darkest of timesThe blessed curse, your name on our lips
 For you we have flung
 Ourselves in the flames
 Without you we long
 For the mission of gain
 But we sicken at the heart of life
 Stricken with the grave desire
 To touch the grey wolf of the night
 And worship where the martyrs lie
 Make a grave for burning wingsBury the light of impossible love
 Our holy desecration comes
 To make a hollow sacrifice
 
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