I have begged the Earth to take me
But it never does

My hands are shaking with the blood
I never learned to wash away
The mark is burning through my skin
A brand that never lets me fade
I walk in shadows made of screams
A curse that follows where I go
I close my eyes to seek the end
But death refuses to come close

Every angel turns their face
Every heaven locks it's gate
And I remain
I always remain

Oh
The burden of Cain
I'm begging for the grave
But God won't let me break
Oh
The burden of Caín
Condemned to breathe again
To drown and never fade

Let me die! Please let me die!
But the mark keeps me alive

I hear my brother in my dreams
His voice is all that's left of him
He asked me why I ran from grace
Why I became this hollow thing
I claw at heaven with my fists
I tear the sky for just a taste
Of silence deep enough to end
This endless echo of my shame

Every demon knows my name
Every angel speaks in hate
And still I walk
I always walk!

Oh
The burden of Cain
I'm begging for the grave
But God won't let me break
Oh
The burden of Cain
A heartbeat forged in chains
A life I cannot shake

Let me die! Please let me die!
But the mark won't let me die

Take my bones
Take my breath
Take the curse and all that's left
But leave me not to walk alone
In this forever made of death

Oh
The burden of Cain
I carry it in vain
A soul that can't decay
Oh
The burden of Cain
The first to spill a name
The last to walk away

If mercy comes for every man!
Then why not me? Why not me?

I would give anything
For one last fall into the dark

But the mark keeps beating!
Beating!