Sometimes when I stand alone
And peer into day or into night
I remember those, now long gone
Vanished only from sight

For they are lost
And the mourning has past
They, for whom I’d pay any cost
They, for whom my die is cast

They linger now
Always present
They are with me somehow
As I continue my descent

Into the darkest corners
I delve seeking more
I’ve stopped giving quarters
There’s no taking prisoners in this war

Honor and glory
Like ash and dust
Are just a story
To coop with what we must

And when truth is finally found
And pride blinds no more
We tried but did not amount
To that what we aspired before

Which was righteous
Which was the truest truth
Nothing is timeless
Except for the follies of youth

Those days yet passed
And this is what remains
Of those many, I am the last
With blood running through veins

So if my gazing eyes
Meander in thought
I’ve given way to lies
That the truth has brought