Fading Justice (Part One) Lyrics

It started with smoke then the towers kissed the ground

Screams hit the skyline panic spread around

A day etched in stone but it spiraled from the start

The vengeance was swift but we lost the heart

Wars launched in the desert boots hit the sand

But were we chasing ghosts or blood on command?

They promised retribution but what did we see?

Cities burned down while the guilty ran free

Families left in ruins we sought justice fast

Two wars later still haunted by the past

From Kabul to Baghdad the story was told

A generation of fighters left out in the cold

We bombed and we buried but what did it gain?

Twenty years passed and it's all still the same

Dust settled flags raised but the wounds run deep

Justice fades slowly and the people can't sleep

Justice fades like smoke in the air

Promises broken and the world won't care

Towers fell but the truth stays buried

In the rubble we lost what we carried

Wars fought for justice but it wasn't found

In the fields of the Middle East we were led around

Fighting a war that never had an end

While the ones responsible still defend

Guantanamo Bay trials lost in the fog

Torture on repeat justice dragging along

Confessions drowned in water and blood

Sins covered up by a political flood

They sold us vengeance but bought our pain

Left us wandering searching in vain

Politicians cheered soldiers laid low

But the truth of the matter? It was all for show

Collateral damage for a prize unseen

Chasing shadows built on a broken dream

Now the flags still wave but the meaning's been blurred

Justice fades faster and the voices unheard

Justice fades like smoke in the air

Promises broken and the world won't care

Towers fell but the truth stays buried

In the rubble we lost what we carried

Afghanistan fell just like the towers fell too

Two decades gone but who answers to who?

Biden pulled out the world watched in shame

As the Taliban rose back in the same game

The soldiers fought bravely the mission unclear

But the world moved on the scars still here

9/11 was a date but the wars never stopped

Justice got lost in the blood they swapped

KSM on trial but the story's twisted

Guilty pleas whispered justice resisted

Waterboarding drowned the truth in the lie

Confessions or torture which one will fly?

From the ashes of war to the ashes of court

Justice fades daily as history's cut short

We watched towers fall but nothing's rebuilt

Now we face the aftermath covered in guilt

Justice fades like smoke in the air

Promises broken and the world won't care

Towers fell but the truth stays buried

In the rubble we lost what we carried