Scarlet Flesh: Epilogue

"Is this the end?"

Is this the end?
The end to this tale of woe and misery?
I doubt it - this journey still needs to be completed, and it falls down to me to finish what was started all those months ago.
It is the only way; the phoenix has to turn into ash in order to be reborn anew.
Perhaps this is good. Perhaps this truly is the only way for things to get better.
Until then, we'll just have to wait and see.
Merry Christmas.

Alter Bridge - Zero
Now there is a light in the dark, some will say
There is a grace up high
There is a beauty that some can behold
Not I... not I.

There is a power that's felt from the shore
There is a force that won't break
But all of these things to me are no more
I've changed... I've changed.

What in the hell have you done?
Cast aside all that you love
Sorrows you never outrun...

Zero!
Nothing for you's ever good enough!
Zero!
Nothing makes you whole...

How many times have you felt all alone?
How many tears have you cried?
Called out in vain for a god to behold,
Inside... inside.
How many fires you let die in your heart?
How many storms must you face?
Left out to fight for yourself in the cold,
No faith... no faith.

So nothing to lean on this time
Nothing is left to decide
All that you've known you deny

Zero!
Nothing for you's ever good enough!
Zero!
Nothing makes you whole...
Zero!
Nothing for you's ever good enough!
Zero!
Nothing makes you whole...

Go now, surrender
You can't take no more!
And just cry out
Surrender; your faith is no more!

What in the hell have you done?
Cast aside all that you love
Sorrows you never outrun...
Just look at what you've become!

Zero!
Nothing for you's ever good enough!
Zero!
Nothing makes you whole...
Zero!
Nothing for you's ever good enough!
Zero!
Nothing makes you whole...



(This song is not my own, it is the sole property of Alter Bridge.)
Link to "Zero", by Alter Bridge: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99ahgW5eHa4
Light at the end of the tunnel image source: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Light-At-The-End-Of-The-Tunnel-140828663
Lightning image source: http://salt4life.tumblr.com/post/26067830710/chicagos-highest-3-buildings-all-struck-with