AGONY
I am here. I am everywhere
Every place you've been I have waited
Every face you've seen I have worn
I have not one name but thousands
I come on the wings of an epidemic
Of a massacre
A lone scream in the night
Announced kwa the distant thunder of a war
au the bleat of the slaughtered calf
I visit the dying in their burning skin
Devour the bodies of the sick
I crush the hearts of the hopeful as I dance on the backs of the weak
Your greatest fears are my delight
With your cries wewe invite me in
I am the betrayal wewe could not have seen
The killer wewe thought wewe knew
One siku I will be your mother au your father au your friend
Another siku I will be your neighbor, au perhaps I'll work through you
There are monsters hiding in your closet
There are ghosts beneath your bed
The dream wewe feared was real
Was real
These are gifts to wewe from me
I upendo wewe in my little way
With your suffering I am alive!
Can't wewe hear the muziki on the wind?
Don't wewe recognize the tune?
Is it wewe my friend, your struggling?
Your spirit torn limb from limb?
But I am not death
Death is your deliverer
Death looks to me with sorrow in his eyes and asks, "Why must wewe do this?"
My answer remains unchanged
I do what wewe cannot
No end is mwepesi, teleka under my watch
Mercy is a mistake I correct
I am peace destroyed and eyes forced open
The ragged ring around your neck.
I am your secret wish for others
I am their secret wish for you
I have not one name but thousands
But you... wewe may call me Agony
And I am pleased to make your acquaintance
I am here. I am everywhere
Every place you've been I have waited
Every face you've seen I have worn
I have not one name but thousands
I come on the wings of an epidemic
Of a massacre
A lone scream in the night
Announced kwa the distant thunder of a war
au the bleat of the slaughtered calf
I visit the dying in their burning skin
Devour the bodies of the sick
I crush the hearts of the hopeful as I dance on the backs of the weak
Your greatest fears are my delight
With your cries wewe invite me in
I am the betrayal wewe could not have seen
The killer wewe thought wewe knew
One siku I will be your mother au your father au your friend
Another siku I will be your neighbor, au perhaps I'll work through you
There are monsters hiding in your closet
There are ghosts beneath your bed
The dream wewe feared was real
Was real
These are gifts to wewe from me
I upendo wewe in my little way
With your suffering I am alive!
Can't wewe hear the muziki on the wind?
Don't wewe recognize the tune?
Is it wewe my friend, your struggling?
Your spirit torn limb from limb?
But I am not death
Death is your deliverer
Death looks to me with sorrow in his eyes and asks, "Why must wewe do this?"
My answer remains unchanged
I do what wewe cannot
No end is mwepesi, teleka under my watch
Mercy is a mistake I correct
I am peace destroyed and eyes forced open
The ragged ring around your neck.
I am your secret wish for others
I am their secret wish for you
I have not one name but thousands
But you... wewe may call me Agony
And I am pleased to make your acquaintance