Assemblage 23 Anthem Lyrics

Anthem Lyrics

We are born of stone 

And etched by wind 

Cast aside to live or die 

We are the pawns in our own game 



Like refugees 

Of silent wars 

We step on ever-shifting ground 

Promoting what we undermine 



For countless days 

We walked alone 

Directionless and vulnerable 

Sitting targets wearing smiles 



CHORUS

No one of us will go unscathed 

By private battles we have braved 

A vicious circle we have built 

Constructed from our shame and guilt 



The flags we wave 

Are set afire 

To warm the bones of infant dreams 

Even as our present is set ablaze 



The tinderbox 

We sit upon 

Decays in churning mists of fog 

And crumbles down into the sea 



(Chorus) 



We lie embraced 

In the arms of dawn 

The fading echoes of pointless time 

Statuettes of Ignorance



And even as

The clock hand sweeps

We pay no mind to where we are

Surely we're not allowed to die 



(Chorus)