Vaunting Veins

Carve the fire into your skin
 Stitch the wounds revealing the sin
 Waiting in the sky is the wisdom of the ages
 Freedom's ignorant realm
 Clear the thoughts addressing your heart
 While rage and honor tear your apart
 Look beyond the clouds
 With your troubles left behind you
 I can lead you
 Charging, bloody
 Crimson red
 Hollow, shameful
 Leave them dead
 Nightfall draws ever near
 In the silence all you can hear
 Is pride's heartless whimper
 As your purpose falls away
 But hold your ground and wait
 Shadows creep in forest below
 The sun has set, no light left to show
 The memory to bridge
 This purpose to your home
 The cracking glow unknown
 At the sound of war, when blood boils to a flame
 Does your spirit die?
 When the frost of your truth has melted away
 Vaunting veins will redden the night
 Your ghost charges forth
 Vaunting veins will redden the night
 Your heart still breathes in the north
 You long to see this enemy
 As a mirror into your soul
 A worthy adversary wearing the badge
 Of his strength for all to know
 But his heart is buried deep in his eyes
 His purpose locked within his mind
 You fear the power his clarity can find
 Fall to your knees
 You bored and reckless man
 Why have you taken the lifes of
 Those who choose to walk the path of light
 Men - But can you tell which is your foe
 Blood - It flows in rivers on the ground below
 Wind - The wind is howling past your ear
 Now - Your final battle drawing near
 The despair of the voices from my home
 Fills the air
 Was love not enough?
 Were they not enough?
 Screams of sorrow, longing for my land
 Sanguine pride flows down my hand
 Wounds to guide my way eternally
 My fire stains the earth