(through the whole song) I watched the rise and the fall of the common man I lived to see all our steps walked back I watched the walls all crash down crumbling just to be rebuilt while we slept We threw swords in the oceans wide and deep We promise peace but peace won’t last because we force new blades so nervously waiting for this harmony to pass I stand guard and roam like a sentinel and I see it all I’ve been awake too long wish there was something that should close my eyes to all that I see awake too long it would be easier to fall asleep We fell in love but the love kept running out we followed roads but the roads all end we lived and lerned and learned to live without fallingn from the ladders we ascend I’ve seen the eyes of the widows left behind I’ve seen the child of a fallen man and never once did our leaders apologize for battles they began