The Serpent's Spiral

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[Verse]
The river bends
A crooked smile
Whispers dark through every mile
Beneath the reeds
The shadows writhe
A silver flash
The serpent’s knife

[Chorus]
Round and round
The wheel does turn
Ashes fall where fires burn
The serpent’s spiral
Tight and slow
Where it ends
None shall know

[Verse 2]
Lantern light
A ghostly sway
Flickers faint
Then fades away
The koto weeps
The sitar moans
Echoed cries in hollowed stones

[Chorus]
Round and round
The wheel does turn
Ashes fall where fires burn
The serpent’s spiral
Tight and slow
Where it ends
None shall know

[Bridge]
Beneath the sky
A fractured dome
We wander far
But find no home
Threads of fate
They twist and bind
A labyrinth inside the mind

[Chorus]
Round and round
The wheel does turn
Ashes fall where fires burn
The serpent’s spiral
Tight and slow
Where it ends
None shall know