Ghosts For Us Lyrics

Dead, trapped here facing our judgment

Take me, spare the innocent

Courage wavers with every passing moment

Second thought!

Leave me, take the lot

Faced with my failures, I break away

Sad how quickly I fold when the cards are stacked against me

Every tragedy presents me with

A high road and a scapegoat, I'll be leaving in a lifeboat

To the others who walked to the ends of the earth for us, we've failed

And I can't even say that I've been trying

Shame, the past is behind us

Flashbacks so bright we'll be blinded

The longer it takes

To stifle our rage

The stronger the cage

So fall on your sword

Or tighten your bootstraps

We're going to war

Where there are no take backs

To our brothers who'd conquer our fears, foes, and ghosts for us

We've failed!

And I can't truly say that I've been trying!

Left here naked, transparent

Time escapes me, was I ever alive

Memories converge in nonsensical sequence

Chilling thought!

If I ever was, I'm not

Blank eyes watching, voices loud in my head

Grey skies falling, the piercing reprisal of the dead

Shame, the past is behind us

Flashbacks so bright we'll be blinded

The longer it takes

To stifle our rage

The stronger the cage

Foul!

The stench of our history

No one is innocent, everyone's filthy

Rally us up with a blind, bitter jury

The gavel will drop, speak up now

We'll recover our bones at the end of the road

(Bones at the end of the road)

Uncover the wounds cut along this weary trail

Carry us back

Give us our lives

Echoes in the forest

The dead sing ghosts for us

Echoes through clouds of dust

The dead sing ghosts for us