Perseverance - The Final Adeline lyrics

[Music and Lyrics by Gareth Sansom] [Naomi (Act I):] As ashes gently lain to rest Upon a quiet soil Unmoved by winds of turbulence Unbroken by the fall Such captivating beauty lies In that which holds its truth The unadulterated preservation of its youth Where angels fell from skies above From heights of gilded grace Towards an Earth of faded hopes And self-inflicted fates While blows a gale of discontent Here breathes a sigh of hope For that which holds its love of life In the face of such affliction Thrives alone I am the final Adeline The last of a lineage A child of loss and tragedy Orphaned through an horrific misfortune And witness to horrors and deeds transpired The likes of which would turn the boldest stride And bleed black the stronger heart Through corridors of madness Virgin soil strewn with the fractured shards Of a fragile youth's shattered mind I have wandered lost for such a time As for all hope to others fade My body bound to Mayday Hills Where treatment, ill and symptom collide Distinction often compromised In a desperate, dire gnosis (To which you shall bear witness)