[marching drums and army bugle intro] [Verse 1] brothers and neighbors... childhood friends!! staring down the barrels... of rifles again and again!! Ready! Take Aim! Fire!! oh Fire away!! [instrumental] America torn... in half, in thirds... in tatters and pieces! strewn across the earth! War torn and stained... ohh it's a debt... that can't be re-paid! [marching drums] [Pre-chours] cannon fodder! boys led to slaughter... all for the sins! of there forefathers... senseless and cruel... men pounded to grule... [guitar riff] [instrumental] [chorus] come take my hand! I'll lead you out! take a walk with me! forget your doubt! your war is over! be at peace... all the battlefields lie silent... under the leaves... [guitar riff] [instrumental] [Verse 2] more people dead... every day! not only soldier... civilians too are claimed! women and children... free man and slave! none spared the Horrors... of those days! [instrumental] North and South! blue and grey! such flimsy distinctions... in the face... of so much blood laid to waste... freedom was the goal! and that goal was reached that victory was great... but so was the pain... [instrumental] [Pre-chours] cannon fodder! boys led to slaughter... all for the sins... of there forefathers... senseless and cruel men pounded to grule! rest now, all the fallen... too awaken in glory... re-made and re-newed! [guitar riff] [instrumental] [chorus] come take my hand! I'll lead you out! take a walk with me! forget your doubt! your war is over... be at peace... all the battlefields lie silent... under the leaves... [guitar riff] [spoken word] By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead: Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment-day; Under the one, the Blue, Under the other, the Gray. [instrumental] [spoken word] No more shall the war cry sever, Or the winding rivers be red; They banish our anger forever When they laurel the graves of our dead! Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment-day, Love and tears for the Blue, Tears and love for the Gray. [guitar riff] [Pre-chours] cannon fodder... boys led to slaughter... all for the sins, of there forefathers... senseless and cruel... men pounded to grule... rest now all the fallen, too awaken in glory, re-made and re-newed!! [guitar riff] [instrumental] [outro] come take my hand! I'll lead you out! take a walk with me! forget your doubt! your war is over! be at peace... all the battlefields lie silent... under the leaves... [instrumental solo] [slow fade out of music]
