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
 I 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
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 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
 And like constant vigils we are
 Burning eternal flames
 A surgery, blades in an open heart
 And through it all
 Every single cut I've been awake