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The Scars of War
We stand alone on the battlefield
Where so many of our friends had died
We listen to the deathly still
And gaze up at the starlit skies
What was the point of all this pain?
The blood of all our comrades slain
What was the meaning of all that was lost?
Was it worth all the torment and destruction it cost?
Sometimes the price that we pay for a battle
Is far higher than we can afford
Only to be used when all choice is exhausted
To win justice by shield and sword
Yet even though we have won the war
Achieved the purpose for which we have strived all these years
We have found that we can never truly forget
And our victory is dulled by sorrow's tears
Only the wind ever seeking ahead
Over the fields and the graves of the dead
Hollow lament of all that's no more
The wounds left behind in the passing of war
Such scars cut deep and are slow in healing
Scoring the soul, the heart of feeling
None of us had really expected
How strongly we would all be effected
And now that it's over it's hard to turn away
Dark memories that shall never fade
Hard to accept that so many are gone
In our world no longer, their spirits passed on
What happened can never be undone
As surely as the songs were sung
We must force ourselves to turn away
To end the darkness, receive the day
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