Graveyard Of Empires- Song of the Year

Graveyard Of Empires (We lose everything in victory)

Verse 1:

I am the ghost of me, a poisoned forgotten breed
War's shadowed servant, unto myself a forgotten dynasty
At the very most, I was someone's hero of circumstance
At very least, a bitter statistic of a country's temerity

Verse 2:

I shudder to think about your admirations
When I escape these deserted lands I've wronged
Should you see what I have become, Deprived and Ashamed
You'll find that the man you once loved is now gone

Chorus:

In the Graveyard of Empires (We lose everything in victory)
I've killed innocence - In the name of medals, power and greed
In the Graveyard of Empires (We lose everything in victory)
I've killed myself - In the name of another's God, country and creed

In the Graveyard of Empires (We lose everything in victory)
They say souls never leave this place - Together we all learn to die alone
In the Graveyard of Empires (We lose everything in victory)
My Love, I won't be coming home - At least as the man you have once known

That part of me died long ago - In the Graveyard of Empires

Verse 3:

Stranded here in the gray, subverted soul
I find myself allied to you, through a colorless memory
Dreaming myself home, Alive in your arms
A mirage unclaimed for its sense of heresy

Verse 4:

A suffering fear afflicts me through this dolor hour
Should I survive the ground's weathered stoned names
Does my grave then lie waiting in your heart's disappointment
Under my untold penances, This stranger's providence defamed

Chorus:

Bridge:

We are war's broken toys, saluting a false flagged design
A debasing ritual called patriotism that contaminates the mind
This story has been written across the oracles of time

From red on high golden sickle, To royal blue throne
Ghosts still building their castles from beggar's stone
While we continue to die long after we've gone home

Chorus:

That part of me died long ago - In the Graveyard of Empires