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As the last vestige of personal light dims against the personal darkness

 You took it all with you past the ghastly remains

 Still aglow from the burnt stares of wonder

 Crack the pine confinement

 Gather the will to push on

 Despite the threat of death still we dig on

 The borders of the land are defined by a Tyrant

 In Silence Bring back the Witness of Elsewhere

 This mission is way beyond us

 What would you give to save a relic of sacrifice

 Shovels ring into the night

 Under the threat of death

 This profane ecstacy

 Is condemned to be forgotten

 Unwavering display of palpable belief

 What's this relief in refusal

 The eyes of the witness can never unsee

 The impossible has rattled foundations

 When there is nothing left

 The freedom of the joy is in the promise

 Depart at the hands of the dismissed

 Time is up I'll go on my terms

 Vile is the thud of gravity on the joints

 The ransom refused we slice in order

 As the bodies abused at the hands of the dismissed

 Slicing pupils in their descent

 It's the calm when the storm is darkest