(Intro) (A single, resonant bass guitar note strikes and holds, cutting through the silence with a deep, melancholic drone.)[Soft twin acoustic-electric guitars enter together, strumming a gentle rhythm layer over Am and C chords.] (A Hammond organ swells slowly into the background, breathing a rich, cathedral-like warmth into the space.) [Verse 1] [Chords: Am – C – G – D] The fight is done and over, Neither lost, neither won. The banners bleed in the clover, Beneath a blind and hollow sun. [Chords: F – C – Gsus4 – G] The iron crown is broken, The field is silent, cold, and red. No holy words are spoken To wake the ghosts of the unread. [Verse 2] [Chords: Am – C – G – D] I turn my weary eyes for home, A broken shield upon my back. Through mud and ash alone I roam, Along this cold and twisted track. [Chords: F – C – D] The glory fades to rusted steel, A heavy load I have to carry, For every wound that will not heal Beside the phantom ghosts I marry. [Chorus / Bridge)[ [Chords: F – G7 – C – C/B – Am – G – Fmaj7] (The bass line descends step-by-step, anchoring an emotional vocal melody while the Hammond organ pads fill the texture with a majestic, heavy atmosphere.) Leave the glory in the dirt where it belongs, There is no triumph in these hollow battle songs. I stood at death’s own door, a soldier in the rain, Only searching for an answer to the madness and the pain. [Verse 3] [Chords: Am – C – G – D] They spoke of honor, lords, and kings, Of legends carved in temple stone. But history is a wheel that swings To leave us bleeding and alone. [Chords: F – C – D] So smash the blade and burn the crest, The cycle ends within the clay. A scarred and quiet mind is best, Before the dawn of another day. [Chorus / Bridge) [Chords: F – G7 – C – C/B – Am – G – Fmaj7] Leave the glory in the dirt where it belongs, There is no triumph in these hollow battle songs. I stood at death’s own door, a soldier in the rain, Only searching for an answer to the madness and the pain. [Outro Guitar Solo] [The tempo remains steady at a slow, deliberate 65 BPM, but the rhythm section gains a driving, hypnotic momentum.] (The bass and organ lock into a continuous, looping two-chord vamp: Am – G.) (Twin-lead electric guitars enter in perfect harmony, blending melodic folk shapes with raw, blues-inspired bends.) (The two guitars trade phrases, soaring over the rhythmic drone, climbing higher as the cathedral organ swells underneath them, before fading out into a single, lingering minor chord.)
