Smiling on the Inside Lyrics

The beaten road passes underfoot

The shield weighs heavy on my arm

You get used to the rain

But the wind can cause some harm

It's my first time travelling

I've never been down this road

Already we've travelled many's a mile

But as soldiers must keep marching on

Up ahead the castle walls come into view

Already we can hear the screams

Looking around, the faces of the others hide their fear

But their eyes give them away

We were called to help our neighbours

From the wrath of the enemy

But it seems we're too late

The battle's already over, just the carnage left behind

Inside the walls it's a complete disaster

With corpses all around and the valuables all gone

Widows and children crying, a picture of nightmares

But then I realise

I'm smiling on the inside 'cos I wasn't here at all

I missed the enemy bring that fear inside the wall

I am alive, I would have been destroyed

But I can't celebrate for look at all these people

These people who have died