Stronghold

Seismic waves bred beneath the Earth The fault line slipped laying waste to barren dirt The Earth's crust, now cracked and blistering The caverns They swallowed us whole, swallowed us whole Shifting our eyes past dawn Destined to push through A brother's love, heedlessly lost Broken, now in two Mislead / Wounded We pulled the knives out of our backs Face your demons You live behind a mask We picked up the pieces Planted them into the ground Waiting for a flower to bloom, we all just sat around Mislead / Wounded We pulled the knives out of our backs Face your demons You live behind a mask All that you have are your words and your names All you have are your words and your names It always seemed so much brighter when we were on the other side of this The other side of this Looking back now all I see is green You, me, in between You, me, in the in-between With time all wounds will heal We survived Let the scars reveal A past, so clouded and grey Embrace The dawn of a new age Persevere