Concrete poured / to rings on the earth Walls rise / the depths of this ocean Stone carved / the face of God Decorated as a hero and cursed to death
This colossus / wood crafted / iron forged My hangman / an audience / thinly veiled
War I am here for you / if you can believe I’m here at all but it’s real as the splinters inside me I’ll take it / I will I’ll find you there / in the absence of a cure
So, the mast blows / the wind burns / the dead walk I await my sentence So, the mast blows / the wind burns / the dead wait I am forced to defend my life So, the wind blows / the mast burns / the dead’s will and accept my fate So, the mast blows / the wind burns / the dead’s war and accept my execution - the naumachiae
War I will leave for you / if I was allowed to leave at all but the pain from the shrapnel inside me is wearing me out I’ll find you there / in my death
As I drop to the floor / I sink like a stone This sea is cold, is dead / I’ve found my resting place stripped of my rank / I’m forced to stare back at the haze of red floating / a cloud stroked with envy.