Awake Too Long

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 the peace won't last

Because now we forge 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 could 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 learned and learned to live without

Falling 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

Can't look away

Or pretend not to see and so I stay

I've been awake too long

Wish there was something

That could close my eyes to all that I see

Awake too long

it would be easier to fall asleep

asleep

Maybe I would dream if I could sleep

Maybe I'd see what this could be

Instead of what it is

Is there bliss in ignorance

Is this our demise we can't prevent

Should we fall asleep?

I've been awake too long

I've been awake too long

I've been awake too long

I've been awake too long

(I've been awake too long) And like constant vigils

(I've been awake too long) We are burning eternal flames

(I've been awake too long) A surgery

blades in an open heart

(I've been awake too long) And through it all

it all

Every single cut

I've been awake