Paean To Sorrow

Welcome to sorrow
 We bring you peace in the shape of war
 Lots of horror to spice your joy
 We bring you hope in calibrated jars of pain
 Out of reach and yet so close
 So fleeting yet lingering
 Like a dream snuffed out in youth
 Welcome to sorrow
 This is the night of your new trial
 Tribulation in a loud voice
 Dazzling lights in a scattered sky
 And the violence of it all
 Brings you to an ecstasy of denial
 Elements in improper alignment
 And death in the name of freedom
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 There'll be no record of this nightmare
 Only the harsh reality of lost innocence
 And fear that can't be spoken of
 There'll be no parade for good heroes
 The scorching memory of faded dreams
 How you lost a war you never even fought
 And time stops
 Stands still
 You fold up
 Welcome to sorrow