It's funny how it seems to go A trilogy of infamy The pattern shrieks to those who see And for the one whose name was washed away By stars more visible than he For that misfortune now I weep
For all the ones they left behind There are no hands, there are no minds
Dead presidents, dead regiments return To take their rightful place beside The ones we choose to deify From pools of water, pools of blood they come And will not be denied the right To ask him why they had to fight
Someone took a wrong turn Someone in the back seat Someone had a radio Someone's on the rise now
Come winds, come rain, come seasons, run your course Erase the anguish of this day Erase the things the papers say And for the ones who lost their god today To stars more prominent than they In their misfortune they will say
Someone had a letter Someone had a razor Someone had a nightmare Someone took a wrong turn