(Verse 1) In the battlefield's quiet, where the smoke has cleared away Where the hungry and the fallen sleep beneath the clay One soldier stood til nothing left, just hollow eyes and frame And when the last breath left his lips, the earth began to change (Chorus) He rose up made of war itself, a giant tower of bone Every soldier's sacrifice now gathered, claimed as his own Standing tall on broken ground, a monument of pain The skeleton of everyone who fell and died in vain (Verse 2) His fingers made of rifle hands that never made it home His spine of brothers, sisters, friends who marched and died alone His ribs are cages holding hearts that stopped too young to beat His skull crowned with a thousand skulls of every soul defeat (Chorus) He rose up made of war itself, a giant tower of bone Every soldier's sacrifice now gathered, claimed as his own Standing tall on broken ground, a monument of pain The skeleton of everyone who fell and died in vain (Bridge) He walks the earth remembering Each name that built his frame He carries all the weight of war The glory and the shame A warning and a witness both To what we chose to do When hunger, hate, and violence Made monsters out of you (Final Chorus) He rose up made of war itself, a giant tower of bone Every soldier's sacrifice now gathered, claimed as his own But he walks to show the living what the cost of fighting takes The skeleton of war stands tall from all our worst mistakes (Outro) In the battlefield's quiet, where the smoke has cleared away The bone giant walks to remind us there's a better way
