Winter Will

Could it be only yesterday the ancient ways were denied
Where nothing forged held metal shape, nothing sacred survived

In the span of a day, I've lived a thousand years
    -only to face your immortal sin
So I left my wife and family in the mountain, tucked deep within

I was blessed with a cunning, cursed by knowledge
Of where, when and why
I feel energy from a blood red stone and I know when you're going to die
I converse with the Gods of mercy
I know with whom you'll fall in love
I can smell the cancer growing inside
I know the end before it's begun

So I run towards the glistening Winter Will
I have no choice, the current pulls me in
What are you? Where did you come from? Why did you choose me
I live in heaven and in hell, I am sick I am well
I am captured, yet I am free

The twisted gift I was born with has kept me running to its source for years
A spheroplastic globe of ice that feeds on human tears
To its Will I bend, every now and then - when the energy starts to die
Ice storms are your screams, disasters haunt my dreams
'Til I come to you and cry