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come pick over the bones of those lost along these shores
sundials know the hours i've spent nursing my wounds
stained with blood and festering pus, these raiments cover my skin
how close i am to storming those gates
how close i came to tasting the edge of those swords

and we're taught to worship this loss
and to never chance losing it all
but what's left when this is all gone?
a plundered casque, the light inside snuffed out

the light of my homeland, i can see it now
so far removed from my brethren who died upon those hills
for one more night i'll stare out into the stars
come morning i leave with the venom of snakes and these visions of the end

and ho! we'll see you starve how we starve
we hunt you unto your beds
stealing into your homes and devouring your dreams
we'll carve our own callings from this frozen tomb
the thawing snow won't rinse away the guilt

we sing. for my love, my home, my honor and my pride. we sing.

i've taken back the land that they'd stolen off our backs
still i'm the last and i'm left here all alone
i've known conquest and i've watched their armies die
but i can't say what i have changed
because the worst is coming

sow the fields with the dead and pillars of salt
fill the rivers with our steel
because the worst is coming
no time for our tears now
the taste of rust and iron fills my mouth
because the worst is coming
and the only place we're still safe is our minds

so you can take the earth
you can take the sky
you can take the sea
but you can't take that away from me

but now it's done
and we've done enough
what's left?
what sacrifice can curb my thoughts of violence and lust?
who is to care when we've burned our way to the ends of the earth?
it won't bring them back
there's nothing left to avenge
and i'm alone with the songs we used to sing
truncated hymns
stories poorly relayed
it's all i have and you can't take it from me

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from Locktender​,​Coma Regalia, Oaken, Wounded Knee split 12", released November 7, 2012

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