Courage Knows No Bounds
Echoes of Sacrifice: A Ballad of Unyielding Courage
Lyrics
I looked across the battlefield,
I observed the battlefield.
Blood seeping from my wounds
Blood was flowing from my wounds.
My comrades, they did never yield,
My fellow soldiers never gave up.
For courage knows no bounds
Courage is limitless.
And yet, I thought as I stood there,
While standing there, I reflected.
Of all that it had cost
I considered the high cost of courage.
For what we gained, it seemed not fair,
What we gained did not seem justifiable for the losses.
For all that we had lost
We suffered significant losses.
They spoke of honour, faith and pride,
They spoke of honor, faith, and pride.
Defending for our home
We defended our home.
Through honour all my friends have died,
All my friends died with honor.
Their faith left me alone
Their faith left me feeling isolated.
We fought for greed, we fought for fame,
We fought for greed and fame.
We killed too much to tell
We killed extensively, unable to quantify.
The devil and God were both the same,
The devil and God were indistinguishable.
We worshiped only Hell
We worshipped only Hell.
We fought it seemed for a thousand years,
We fought seemingly for a thousand years.
A million nights and days
Countless nights and days passed.
Sharing one laugh with a hundred tears,
We shared laughter amid a hundred tears.
Seeing clearly through a haze
We saw clearly through a haze of war.
Then came that day I know not when,
Then came a day, uncertain when.
Beneath a blood red sun,
Beneath a blood-red sun.
A-top a pile of dying men,
A-top a pile of dying men.
They said that we had won
They declared victory.
Another tract of land is all
Another piece of land is the only gain.
The territory gained
The territory acquired.
Will that ever pay for all
Will it ever compensate for the lives lost or maimed?
The lives here lost or maimed?
The lives sacrificed in the war.
Bodies lying all around,
Bodies scattered around.
Blood bathing them in red,
Blood covering them in red.
Their white eyes staring at the sun,
Their lifeless eyes staring at the sun.
These, the countless dead?
These are the countless dead.
I looked across the battlefield,
I looked across the battlefield again.
Blood seeping from my wounds
Blood still seeping from my wounds.
My comrades, they did never yield,
My comrades never gave up.
For courage knows no bounds
Courage remains boundless.
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