[Verse] Blood on the soil can't wash it clean Echoes of screams where silence has been The flag we raised now torn at the seams Victory's shadow haunts all my dreams [Chorus] We won the fight but we lost the light The cost too high to claim it was right Marching forward in a world gone gray Victory's shadow won't fade away [Verse 2] Steel in my hand but my soul feels cold The tales they tell are not the ones we told The heroes' cheers now a hollow sound Beneath the crown where guilt is bound [Chorus] We won the fight but we lost the light The cost too high to claim it was right Marching forward in a world gone gray Victory's shadow won't fade away [Bridge] Ashes fall like snow from the sky The banners wave but the hearts still cry The throne we built on the bones of men What is victory if it breaks us again [Guitar Solo]
