[Verse 1] I marched on roads I swore I’d know, by memory and by name Through fields where hearth fires used to burn, now choked by ash and flame My home is gone, the bells are still, no voices call me home Just broken walls and trampled ground where seeds of war were sown [Chorus] Barren lands On shattered fields I stand No life No hope Just ashes in the sand On barren lands [Verse 2] I walk the streets of ghosts and dust, my footsteps drown in gray The well is dry, the altar cracked, the sky has turned away No songs remain, no graves are marked, the wind is all that’s left I crossed the world to find my past and found the land bereft [Chorus] Barren lands On shattered fields I stand No life No hope Just ashes in the sand On barren lands [orchestra] [orchestra interlude] [Guitar solo] [Chorus] Barren lands On shattered fields I stand No life No hope Just ashes in the sand On barren lands
