Can you see the flames as the fire dies?

I am Three. The Youth, the Mocker, the Silent One.

Can you see the sorrow within their eyes?

The Youth is the first. He is life, he is joy. Curiosity. Idealism. He can do anything, and everything. But he is gentle and sensitive.

Into mist they'll take you soul, they'll take your heart...

The Mocker is the second. He has always been old, always a cynic. He hides the Youth from the wolrd to protect him, but his greatest pleasure is hurting him so he can laugh at him.

Whispering winds from the land of the nevermore...

The Silent One is the third. For a long time I wasn't aware of him, I believed I was Two. He just sits back in the shadows and does... Nothing. Nothing at all.

Do you know what they hide, hide within their hearts?

The Youth wants the Mocker to let him go, so he can be free and enjoy life.
The Mocker wants the Youth to be safely his, and only his to hurt and laugh at as he pleases.
The Silent One just waits. What does he wait for?

Fallen leaves coloured red, blood of all the dead...

It's there, just as it always was. I can chemically ignore it, but I can't make it go away, and if I look, I can see it staring back at me. That desire, that certainty.
The Silent One.

Can you see the shadows within the night?

One day, they will all be in agreement. They will all be in it together.

Friend or foe?