Wasteland

I can see
My own penance deems
A lane to perdition, I seek
I seek another way home
For all that I’ve done
Can’t resist what I’ve witnessed
Breathe
Realize I’ve been given a means
To fight until the daybreak
Until I fall

Carry on, please lead me to something
As I pass by the destruction
A wasteland
The weight of all I am
Though my failures follow injustice
Though all these crimes call for judgement
A wasteland
The weight I bear; I can

Scars of twisted ambition seek
A need for conviction and peace
A long to rise again
Upon this wasteland
Can’t deny my addiction; disease
Admit to my weakness
Retreat; no long a way home
For a rider of storms

Carry on, please lead me to something
As I pass by the destruction
A wasteland
The weight of all I am
Though my failures follow injustice
Though all these crimes call for judgement
A wasteland
The weight I bear; I can

As the Sun lights the day
And my body’s laid to rest
In peace I can proclaim
That I fought to the death
And waged war

Waged war