(They) Will Remain (Mashup)

[INTRO] I stand alone upon this ground, listening to the silence breathe, hoping this won’t be the final air these lungs will ever need. For far too long I’ve watched the slow erosion take its toll, watched the things that made us who we were dissolve everything we know [VERSE 1] We knew this day would come; we watched the warning signs accrue, piece by piece, they wore away the things we once held true. they had nothing but the time to make surrender feel benign, We let the edges blur so slowly no one noticed where the line had died. We watched it happen. Some embraced it, some looked away, some were too afraid to lose the little they had left to save. I can’t pretend my hands are clean; I saw it too, I stayed, , , while something vital disappeared from every choice we made. Now distant shadows in the clouds converge upon the shore, while shapes rise beyond the water, carried inward evermore. No sudden thunder announces what we already understand the ending doesn’t need an omen when you watch it approach your land. So let them have the hill if that’s the price that I must pay. Let them try to strip the walls and names and carry stone away. But the lives behind me are not yours to barter, sell, or yield; if something has to stand between them, then I will be the shield. I know the odds. I know the cost. I know I may not return. But some things are worth the life you have, it should be difficult (for them) to earn, [CHORUS] The flag pulls hard against the bitter wind, one tear breaks loose and dries against my skin Familiar faces are just past this hill, I wonder if I’ll ever see them still. My teeth grind hard against the taste of fear, I know my end may already be drawing near. [VERSE 2] The sunset hasn’t changed, but the color’s gone obscene, Rays of sun bleeding through the clouds like the world’s still trying to seem untouched by what approaches though I feel it in the ground, a pressure underneath my feet, a pulse without a sound. The tide keeps clawing at the shore, then dragging back the foam, returning with the things it took, as it knows it’s not their home. far beyond the water, where the fading daylight bends, the shadows start to gather as if reuniting friends No sounds to break the silence. No warning splits the sky. Just shapes against the dying light, and nowhere left to hide. I turn to see the windows Humble lights against the black, suddenly the weight of every life behind me settles on my back. I swallowed every compromise. I called surrender peace. Now every word I never said has found its fucking teeth. So let them come. Let them cross the water. Let them climb! I’ll take every breath i can before I give them mine! I did my best to stay (But) this hill becomes my grave (I saw when my eyes rolled back) Our flag still fuckin waves!! [OUTRO] The flag pulls hard against the bitter wind, one tear breaks loose and dries against my skin Familiar faces are just past this hill, I wonder if I’ll ever see them still. The flag pulls hard against the bitter wind, one tear breaks loose and dries against my skin Familiar faces are just past this hill, I wonder if I’ll ever see them still. I wonder if I’ll ever see them still.