At the edge of the wheat where the river runs black I saw two old armies come out of the cracked earth One wore a white scar one wore a ring of soot Both stepped in silence like they knew the truth My father once told me «Boy, choose your side" But the field was already full of ruined pride Then the sky split open like a seam in the cloth And the crows went circling over all we lost I felt my name shake in my own hands When the first steel rang out I still stood my ground Good against evil good against evil Who will you be? Good against evil good against evil What lives in me? (what lives in me) The saint had a blade with a prayer on the hilt The thief had a scar from the last life he built They crossed on the bridge made of bone and rain Every step was a verdict every breath was a stain The righteous were angry the wicked were proud Both shouted for mercy with their mouths shut loud And I saw in the mud my own face there too Half of me kneeling half of me breaking through «Then the sky split open like a seam in the cloth And the crows went circling over all we lost» I felt my name shake in my own hands When the first steel rang out I still stood my ground Good against evil good against evil Who will you be? Good against evil good against evil What lives in me? (what lives in me) «In the smoke I heard a child start to cry No crown, no banner could answer why» So I dropped my iron let the ground decide And the loudest battle was the one inside Good against evil good against evil Who will you be? Good against evil good against evil What lives in me? (what lives in me) Good against evil good against evil I choose to see Good against evil good against evil And stay human (stay human)
