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The Statue

from Monument by Diatessaron

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The first movement of our five part epic, Monument.

lyrics

Standing on a hill so lonely
His breath is like the thick fog that shrouds his triumph in misty
Forms resembling ghosts of soldiers who died at his command
Without a care for rhyme or reasonable thought

The flag of nations stands before him drooping in the stagnant air
The battle's won, the yards are gained, he sheds a tear, salutes a prayer

The fields of spring launch bullets through the air and into the night
The maxim fire strobes and dying soldiers' souls take flight
Away from freezing bodies, eyes like glass and memories
Of bright spring fields before they slept among the poppies

He could feel it in his heart
And he could feel it in his soul
He could feel it in his bones
He could hear the bell toll

"Je ne sai pas comment vous dire
Difficult times are coming near
C'est un battaille qu'on n'peut pas suvivre
Write to your wives and send them love,
Reveiller vous de tous vos reves
On marche bientot pour la front"

The fields of spring launch bullets through the air and into the night
The maxim fire strobes and dying soldiers' souls take flight
Away from freezing bodies, eyes like glass and memories
Of bright spring fields before they slept among the poppies

He could feel it in his heart
And he could feel it in his soul
He could feel it in his bones
He could feel it taking hold

A statue stands upon a hill forlorn
Corroded by the years as if to warn
The devil slept within his calloused hands
Awakened by necessity's demands
If only he could see the rainbows forming as the sun streams through the mist behind his solid brassy form

The fields of spring launch bullets through the air and into the night
The maxim fire strobes and dying soldiers' souls take flight
Away from freezing bodies, eyes like glass and memories
Of bright spring fields before they slept among the poppies

credits

from Monument, track released December 19, 2010
Music - Diatessaron
Lyrics - Si Tj
Composition for Part 1 - Carl Janzen

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