Lyrics
We have been forced to march and die,
We have been forcibly compelled to march and face death.
Their cannons thunder and blaze, “fire!”
Enemy cannons are roaring with the command to fire.
We’re mass produced, all the same, brainless weapons to a sentenced end
We are mass-produced, identical and devoid of independent thought, serving as mindless instruments of destruction with an inevitable fate.
Broken homes, condemned sons on their knees to feed the battlefront
Families are shattered, and sons are condemned, forced onto their knees to sustain the war.
Corrupted flags rot the wind while they wave tons of lies
Flags symbolizing corrupted values deteriorate in the wind, waving numerous falsehoods.
Corrupted flags speak in the name of truth
Corrupted flags hypocritically claim to represent truth.
Forced to fight, no chance for exile
Compelled to fight with no opportunity for escape.
Blind snakes, venom is flooding our land
Metaphorically referred to as blind snakes, spreading venom that poisons the land.
Our souls are drained, hope is gone away
Our spirits are depleted, and hope has vanished.
The more they win, the stronger the Empire
As the oppressors triumph, the Empire becomes stronger, leading to the desperate cries of empathy.
And so empathy desperately cries
Empathy is struggling as tyrants ruthlessly enforce slaughter from positions of power.
Tyrants enforce the slaughter from their thrones
Tyrants maintain control and perpetuate violence from their thrones.
We never know when the day will come
Uncertainty prevails, not knowing when the day of reckoning will arrive.
We just know blood always flows
Recognition that bloodshed is a constant in this dire situation.
There’s no way to wake up from this nightmare any more
No escape from the ongoing nightmare.
There’s no victory, and meanwhile we die alone
No triumph, only a lonely death in the midst of the conflict.
Forced to fight, no chance for exile
Compelled to fight with no chance for exile.
Blind snakes, venom is flooding our land
Describing individuals as blind snakes, spreading venom that poisons the land.
Our souls are drained, hope is gone away
Our spirits are drained, and hope has dissipated.
Forced to kill, no chance to break out
Forced to kill without any possibility of breaking free.
Blind snakes, pawns are lead to death
Metaphorically portraying individuals as blind snakes, manipulated pawns led to death.
Our sons fall to the void, or what’s left of them
Our sons fall into the void, or what remains of them.
Indoctrinated young. Brainwashed, they’re gone
Youth are indoctrinated and brainwashed, lost to the cause.
Stabbed emblems on their backs tear us apart
Symbolic emblems on their backs cause division and strife.
(Solo David)
(Solo David) - Musical solo section performed by David.
(Chorus)
(Chorus) - Repeated chorus section of the song.
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