Dead Army - Scythian

Woke tonight from my sleep, In a restless hell

Chains lying cross the floor, Outside a distant yell

Eyes stare straight in front of me, A dream I can’t return

On this dead end street in Tennessee, A trip I soon will learn

That what I thought was an escape, A chance to get away

Could all come rushing to a halt, Slow down and live today

But don’t find yourself alone, And staring down at the road

Hear the cries of battle lullabies, And the dead’s solemn load

As I stared into his eyes, He said rise from this bed

The wheel’s roll slow outside, It’s the crawl of the dead

To them the war is raging, Lee’s last battle call

Has stirred them from their endless sleep, Tonight they will not fall

Look now son the scene out front, As they move into the night

No one’s told them their time is up, And they’ll march on to fight

But don’t find yourself alone, And staring down at the road

Because the preacher won’t save you from a devil’s fate, And the dead’s fading

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One soul’s stuck down on the rail

Pushing and a pulling in the night time air

Everyone’s stuck down on the rail

Waiting on the word that takes him home

One soul’s stuck down on the rail

Pushing and a pulling in the night time air

Everyone’s stuck down on the rail

Waiting on the word that takes him home

I can remember what kept me, Alive and well today

As the mist broke way for the army, To find solace on their way

Was not the peace of this Tennessee home, Or a life I’d left behind

But words coming from the glass eyes, Of a shackled man in time

Could make me see what they’d lost, By handing over their rights

To the tongue of a judge and jury, Who made sure they’d always fight

But don’t find yourself alone, And staring down at the road

Because one man’s freedom could mean a curse, On the dead’s final load

One soul’s stuck down on the rail

Pushing and a pulling in the night time air

Everyone’s stuck down on the rail

Waiting on the word that takes him home

One soul’s stuck down on the rail

Pushing and a pulling in the night time air

Everyone’s stuck down on the rail

Waiting on the word that takes him home

Waiting on the word that takes him home

Waiting on the word that takes him home