[titel: The Slaughterhouse] [Verse 1] Cold wind rising, dust along the coast. Everybody from the clan has gathered like a ghost. In the night, sorrow rides alone. Another soldier walking far from home. [Pre-Chorus 1] The air is thick with whispers, a chilling, silent plea. Every shadow lengthens. What will become of me? [Chorus] This is the slaughterhouse. Everybody goes down. Fire in the distance. Bodies on the ground. They told us who to hate. They told us who to blame. Then sent us into war to play their deadly game. This is the slaughterhouse. No heroes left to see. Just frightened men becoming what they never meant to be. [Verse 2] Phantoms in the darkness keep calling out my name. The dead don't leave the battlefield. They follow us in shame. The devil isn't waiting somewhere underneath. Sometimes hell is simply what a living man can see. [Pre-Chorus 2] The clock is ticking faster, a rhythm hard and deep. Secrets in the darkness. Promises we couldn't keep. [Chorus 2] This is the slaughterhouse. Everybody goes down. Fire in the distance. Bodies on the ground. They told us who to hate. They told us who to blame. Then sent us into war to play their deadly game. This is the slaughterhouse. No heroes left to see. Just frightened men becoming what they never meant to be. [Bridge] The war goes on beyond the lines we draw. A twisted game of power hiding behind law. No turning back. The road is soaked in blood. And those who gave the orders never stand here in the mud. [Verse 3] Now the coast is colder. Dust begins to fall. No one from the clan is answering at all. In the night, sorrow rides alone. And I finally understand: there is no victory here. Only those who make it home. [Last Chorus] This was the slaughterhouse. Everybody went down. Fire in the distance. Silence on the ground. They told us who to hate. They taught us how to kill. But no command can silence what I carry with me still. This was the slaughterhouse. And now I finally see: the war was never glory. It was just the end of me. [Outro] Right into hell... that's what we called the war. But hell came home with us when we walked back through the door. The coast is cold. The dust begins to fall. No one left to answer. No one left at all.
