THE MANOR
You always thought about how death would feel like when it finally came for you
Would you have any say in how you went or would it take you before you knew

You brushed hands with your end before
Just fingertips grazing lightly over knuckles
Ghost of a touch on the inside of your wrist

But there will always come the time
When fleeting touches become deadly grips
And your flames burn down the wick

As you fall and break in far too many places
And land in death's embrace
You slip out of its grasp again
As you find yourself in a quiet, empty place

DAMIEN
Celine said she had made a deal
With something eager to settle a petty score
And I think I can See the wisps
The memories of what took place here before

She found it and it offered a hand
To find me in exchange for just a chance
To find its friend and take revenge
And in her desperation, she said yes
And thus I'm here right where I stand
I'm right back here at the end

They found my best friend's empty body
While looking for ways outside this place
They tricked them into seeing Celine and me
Asking for help, and then lied to their face

THE MANOR
They told you death doesn't work quite right in this place
And you can still go back
But you won't make it there alone
So you accept the help when they offer a hand

You opened up your eyes to the world
And realized someone's laid you down on their lap
They looked like such a wreck

It's William, you then realized
As you got up, he let out a broken laugh
Because the dead shouldn't come back

He'd held you since you died
And it's been hours, you realized
But you felt nothing at all
And watching as you rose
His mind then shattered
As it tried to understand what he just saw
DAMIEN
And as time doesn't work the way it should in here
With echoes coming from outside
With things that shouldn't be here finding ways to get lost
Outside of their own time

And as you rose, I wandered lost
And as you took a step, I was in the woods
Celine thought it was for good

And as you moved, she hunted Mark
And as you looked at your hands, I was in the dark
Til the illusion tore apart

And now you walk towards the mirror to see if all of you's alright
I realize that this fragile human form won't hold, though try as it might

I feel myself being stripped apart
Piece by piece, just slowly crumbling to shards
My memories feel like they're so far
And I can't reach even those I keep in my heart

The angry thing with me knows it too
We can't stay like this without breaking down on ourselves
It tells me we have to make some room
There's only so much space in this human shell
And I remember vaguely that Celine once said before
Sometimes we choose for those we love
I don't know what may lie ahead
But danger may arise if push will come to shove

THE MANOR
You reach out towards the mirror
Unknowing that your friend has made his choice
You stand there staring at yourself
And you feel a shove as you're pushed in the mirror's void