Take up arms
I am fighting for
I am crying for
I am praying for
I am seeking
Something shameless
Stay out Sheol
I am preparing the war cries
I am constructing
Walls and Warriors
Battalions and Bridges
That’ll keep a thousand slaying dragons
From borrowing darkness
And sowing seeds of meaningless seduction
Sisters, hear Cassandra screaming truths
Making runners out of sleeping youths
I, I am making something new
Unmarred
Unhindered by the deceptions
That quietly steal into our hearts.
We are seeking things shameless.
We are speaking plain, face us.
Creep out pain quick, escape us.
Let fleeting things fleet fast
Let weeping not sustain us.
Brothers, leave the carcasses
You slew of skin
You knew you should never be walking in
Seek some other space for the slaying of years
And pick up the swords
To defend a castle, shameless
Walk tall
Soldiered lines of men
Cross a sea blameless.
You’ll not surrender to let lust entertain us.
See life within yourself recreate us
A Spirit strong that will reclaim us.
Take up arms
We are fighting for
We are crying for
We are praying for
We are seeking
Something shameless
Stay out Sheol
We are preparing the war cries
We are constructing
Walls and Warriors
Battalions and Bridges
That’ll keep a thousand slaying dragons
From borrowing darkness
And sowing seeds of meaningless seduction