will you be there? Lyrics

Alive, a lie

And I confide

How long until we start to try

Confront the fear from which we shy

Away and bury eloquence

A poor attempt at common sense

We missed the signs along the way

Through tunnel vision led astray

To see the end but not the means

And feed the ravenous machines

Alive, a lie

Can you decide who lives and dies

And I confide

There is nowhere to hide

So here we stand

On broken land

Forever waiting for a chance to start

A fire fanned

A last demand

Another empty promise tearing us apart

The sand it falls, the seconds pass

And decency is all we ask

From they who throttle and betray

And they who'd rather waste away

So step outside and arm the ghosts

Tell them to find a better host

For dreams of war, destructive hearts

Are safer when they're ripped apart

So here we stand

On broken land

Forever waiting for a chance to start

A fire fanned

A last demand

Another empty promise

Tear us apart

I won't believe it

No turning back to survive

Will you be there when the storms arrive

We whisper in the night

By candlelight they write

But will this final chapter make things right

This place in which we grew

Has turned away from you

So tell me what we're holding on to

So here we stand

On broken land

Forever waiting for a chance to start

A fire fanned

A last demand

Another empty promise tearing us apart