Intro - Instrumental] (Heavy, hypnotic riff building for 30 seconds) [Verse 1] Sitting by the fire, stories in the night Miguel's voice goes quiet, something isn't right Tells me of his people crossing through the dark Forty souls extinguished, predators left their mark Men and women, children, murdered where they stood Robbed of what little they carried, spilled their blood [Pre-Chorus] In the middle of the desert In the middle of their dreams In the middle of the darkness Nothing's ever what it seems [Chorus] Forty souls crying out tonight Forty souls stolen from the light Innocence murdered in the sand Blood on the devil's hands Forty souls, I hear their names Forty souls, unfinished claims On the life they came here for Forty souls, forty more, and more, and more [Verse 2] Rage fills every corner of my heart That innocent could be taken, torn apart Guatemala to this wasteland, seeking hope Finding violence at the end of their rope Miguel tells it plain, like it happens all the time How do we accept this as the price, the crime? [Pre-Chorus] In the middle of their journey In the middle of their fight In the middle of the nowhere Swallowed by the night [Chorus] Forty souls crying out tonight Forty souls stolen from the light Innocence murdered in the sand Blood on the devil's hands Forty souls, I hear their names Forty souls, unfinished claims On the life they came here for Forty souls, forty more, and more, and more [Bridge - Instrumental Build] (Massive orchestral strings, tribal drums intensifying) [Bridge - Vocals] Who counts the bodies in the desert? Who remembers their faces, their names? Who tells their mothers, fathers, lovers? Who carries the weight of their remains? Forty souls with dreams like Miguel's Forty souls who believed like me Forty souls who trusted the darkness Forty souls who'll never be free [Guitar Solo] (Epic, mournful, raging - 45 seconds) [Verse 3] This is why Miguel won't go back This is why he sleeps by my fire tonight This is why the frozen water doesn't crack His resolve to make it through this fight Better to die trying than to die in the dirt Better to risk everything than live with that hurt [Final Chorus - Extended] Forty souls crying out tonight Forty souls stolen from the light Innocence murdered in the sand Blood on the devil's hands Forty souls, I hear their names Forty souls, unfinished claims On the life they came here for Forty souls, forty more Every single one of them matters Every single dream that was shattered Every single child, every mother Every single sister, every brother Forty souls FORTY SOULS Never forgotten Never forgiven FORTY SOULS [Outro - Extended Instrumental] (Riff continues, building to massive crescendo, then slowly fading like footsteps in the desert sand disappearing) [Final Whisper] Forty souls... And counting...
