"You have been found guilty of crimes against our society
and are sentenced to death.
But we are not cruel, and thus we will give you
one final glorious dream before releasing your soul into the universe."
"Prepare the injection."

It's just a lie. I'm only meat. This ritual is for them not me.
It gives them hope, security, one day they too will be free like me.
I feel the flow, into my vein, and all at once there is no pain.


Oh the beauty, all my dreams come flooding back to me.
All the love that escaped me, I find within this lovely dream.


Oh my goddess has returned.
Up from the grave where she had burned.
And now I see she cannot die.
She's come to kiss me one last time.


One last kiss.


I see her as she's drawing near,
her yearning eyes and lonely tears,
but behind the mask, all I see,
is the machine staring back at me.
She reaches out and I pull back
as everything is turning black,
the dream is dead, the world is cold,
the pain returns a thousand-fold.


There is no pleasure, only release from pain.


There are no happy endings.