The ground is barren Our comrades have fallen. The sky is dampened by sweat and sorrow And tainted crimson The silence of the dead And pain of the dying The regret of the abandoned living Thicken the air enveloping our aura of solitude The solitude we share With you, I have watched a nightmare unfurl its fury With me, you have seen a familiar world collapse behind an opaque horizon Like the sun, it has welcomed darkness after its fall But it envies the sun... As it longs To rise again. In a day that never will be. Last vows were made And much blood was spilt Screams had echoed And fled with the dust And yet we stand As the rampage pursues Here we stand As the world resumes its motion As broken spirits precede broken dreams And broken homes leave broken hearts Yet we are strong At the brink of all sanity As the foundation of all hope crumbles Though I am still standing I have seen no victory Unless victory is with you We have bled And we have suffered But we have not died. We have worried then. We can worry no more. As we continue to stand at the battle’s end.