Opportunities are lost In a starving shade of silence And every battle fought Has left me looking back What we obtain through isolation Often leads us deeper into war So tell me how can I retreat? Some things are worth fighting for
And how do we justify When actions are conceived in weakness Is there honor in my heart If I lack the strength to act? And though my hand is trembling And my eyes are wreathed in so much doubt And every instinct shows me fear I stand my ground
We have no Olifant resounding Nor fortunes here to carry home No epic tale becoming legend Only choices right and wrong But somewhere in the haze of life I find there is a perfect shining light That each of us must seek to know The truth of who we really are
So sing a song for Roland And all of those who sacrificed their lives Their colors traded in for A world of black and white So sing a song for Roland And all of those who fought for what was right You may never understand For whom they died
Perhaps they will banish me From the annals of history In the end it matters not We direct our destiny I've lived beyond myself for an instant And heard the echoes in the hearts and faces Of the people I will never know But I still cannot forget
So sing a song for Roland And all of those who sacrificed their lives Their colors traded in for A world of black and white So sing a song for Roland And all of those who fought for what was right You may never understand For whom they died
So sing a song for Roland And all of those who sacrificed their lives Their colors traded in for A world of black and white So sing a song for Roland And all of those who fought for what was right You may never understand For whom they died