[00:00.25] Once there were trees
[00:03.18] full of birds,
[00:07.69] Meadowlands vibrant
[00:11.40] with flowers;
[00:15.93] Carefree the songs
[00:19.37] our children
[00:21.23] once sang
[00:23.62] Gilding our minutes
[00:27.35] and hours.
[00:31.86] Clouds came and
[00:33.98] covered the sun,
[00:39.57] The breath of the
[00:41.69] baleful unease
[00:47.79] Turning to ashes
[00:51.78] flowers in their
[00:53.64] fields,
[00:56.03] Silenced the birds
[00:59.48] in their trees.
[01:04.00] Hidden so deep
[01:07.45] in veils of deceit,
[01:11.44] Imprisoned in
[01:14.63] twisting spells -
[01:17.81] Are we the
[01:19.93] plaything of fiends,
[01:23.39] or merely
[01:25.25] the dreams
[01:27.38] That we're
[01:29.77] telling ourselves,
[01:33.48] telling ourselves?
[02:15.72] Strive till the
[02:17.84] phantoms are broken,
[02:23.95] Fight till the
[02:25.81] battle is done;
[02:31.65] The squadrons of night
[02:35.38] can't conquer the day,
[02:39.36] Nor shadows
[02:41.75] extinguish the sun.
[02:47.86] Stories of danger,
[02:51.84] fearless attack,
[02:55.83] Spectres of plague
[02:59.28] and pain.
[03:01.93] All of these ghosts
[03:04.86] of our own delusions
[03:09.11] come back;
[03:11.24] And we'll be
[03:14.15] haunted again,
[03:17.61] haunted again.
[03:23.45] For though
[03:25.58] the storms
[03:27.43] are over and past,
[03:31.16] Though the thunder's rage
[03:35.40] is quieted at last
[03:39.40] Well this
[03:40.19] nightmare's laid
[03:43.38] me down in the rags
[03:46.56] here to mourn,
[03:50.54] Here to mourn.
[03:55.33] The night has left
[03:59.31] us crippled
[04:01.40] with grief
[04:03.26] As we strive
[04:05.38] to keep alive
[04:08.84] our belief,
[04:11.23] But a loss so great,
[04:17.34] it clouds all
[04:19.20] our hopes
[04:22.39] for the dawn.
[04:27.97] Hidden so deep
[04:31.16] in veils of deceit,
[04:35.40] Imprisoned in
[04:38.06] twisting spells -
[04:42.04] Are we the
[04:43.91] plaything of fiends,
[04:47.36] or merely the dreams
[04:51.60] That we're
[04:54.00] telling ourselves,
[04:57.98] telling our---
[04:59.84] Stories of danger,
[05:03.82] fearless attack,
[05:07.81] Spectres of plague
[05:11.26] and pain.
[05:13.92] All of these ghosts
[05:17.11] of our own delusions
[05:21.36] are back;
[05:23.75] Have we been fighting in vain?
[05:30.08] Fighting in vain?
