Old Season - Elegy

Brother, they stole your life so savagely

We troll this dirge this sorry year
So all can hear your elegy
These doleful winds will carry thee
To our home 'cross raucous seas
Oceans of madness, arrant misery
We had a vision they'd dare not foresee
Mine was the honour, yours was the dream
Ours was the like this world hadn't seen

Once, when our lives were one
We banished the demons, broken and bleeding
Never again to inculcate
Then, when our time was undone
All kin and comrade, at once sad and lonely
Bowed to your life's victories

Wracked by the sleight of terror's hand
Slain by those who would withstand
The right of all to live and breathe
Our belief that we are free
We believe that we are free

Haunting, beautiful tragedy
I see before me the deeds of our foregoers
Draped in graceful majesty

Wracked by the sleight of terror's hand
Enslaved by those who would withstand
The right of all to live and breathe
Our belief that we are free
We believe that we are free

The morning light comes slowly
Tripping over the ground
Wilful deeds shall bury them, never to be found
All I see are blind men, all I hear are lies
First I will avenge you, then we will arise

The morning light comes slowly
Tripping over the ground
Wilful deeds shall bury them, never to be found

My eyes have seen with wistful gaze
The splendour of your tale
Few who have will truly know
The depth of passion's gain
Hold the light of fallen kin deep within your being
Light the path for those to come
With your noble deeds

All I see are blind men, all I hear are lies
First I will avenge you, then we will arise