The Death March - Kosmic Messenger

In the cold of winter's fall They planned to captivate us all They would work us 'til our bones were broken and our souls followed I met a man who saved my life 'Til this day I don't know why He would smuggle gifts sent for me that would buy my life some time Walking there were thousands of us Nothing like you've seen before With the ice beneath us, feet were frozen and our clothes were torn But it would be a cold day in hell before I fall In their dark and sunken eyes Hope and humanity had died All the feelings and emotions in them had been cauterized You gave me something to believe When the end was not in sight As I drifted into darkness you provided me with light Walking there were thousands of us Nothing like you've seen before With the ice beneath us, feet were frozen and our clothes were torn It was a sea of dead shadows Maybe I'll let the heavens take me And save me from this life Or is that giving up too easy? I cannot let them win the fight Another life awaiting me I see the finish line Nothing can stop me from living The death march claims me no more They're turning ordinary people Into lifeless ghostly shadows And I was powerless to stop them Spreading death amongst us all Still I can dream of a place far from here Where we eat and we sleep Never living in fear Maybe I'll let the heavens take me And save me from this life Or is that giving up too easy? I cannot let them win the fight Another life awaiting me I see the finish line Nothing can stop me from living The death march claims me no more The death march claims me no more

March, march to my own drum March, march to my own drum Hey, hey, I'm an army of one Oh, I'm an army of one March, march to my own drum March, march to my own drum Hey, hey, I'm an army of one Oh, I'm an army of one Brenda's packin' heat 'cause she don't like Mondays Underpaid teacher policin' the hallways Print yourself a weapon and take it to the gun range (Ah, cut the shit, you ain't goin' to the gun range) Standin' with Emma and our sons and daughters Watchin' our youth have to solve our problems I'll follow them, so who's comin' with me? (Half of you love me, half already hate me) March, march to my own drum March, march to my own drum Hey, hey, I'm an army of one Oh, I'm an army of one March, march to my own drum March, march to my own drum Hey, hey, I'm an army of one Oh, I'm an army of one Tell the ol' boys in the white bread lobby What they can and can't do with their bodies Temperatures are risin', cities are sinkin' (Ah, cut the shit, you know your city is sinkin') Lies are truth and truth is fiction Everybody's talkin', who's gonna listen? What the hell happened in Helsinki? March, march to my own drum March, march to my own drum Hey, hey, I'm an army of one Oh, I'm an army of one March, march to my own drum March, march to my own drum Hey, hey, I'm an army of one Oh, I'm an army of one

On the verge of no return, why'd you keep fucking it up? Don't wanna have to bury you, but nothing seems to get through your skull One day, the only butterflies left will be in your chest As you march towards your death, breathing your last breath I hate to say, "I told you so", but look how the bruises show Tell me, how is it gonna feel without my arms wrapped around, wrapped around you? Bet it feels pretty real when your skin starts to peel from the bone You were dead to the world, now I'm dead to you Haunting your own house, nothing to lose How did I let you sink your fangs so deep? Ah You know you can't breathe on your own Past the point of rescuing, why'd I keep pushing my luck? The hole I wore into your soul has got too big to overlook One day, the only butterflies left will be in our chests As we march towards our death, breathing our last breath I thought we had a future, but we ain't got a chance in hell So tell me, how is it gonna feel without my arms wrapped around, wrapped around you? Bet it feels pretty real when your skin starts to peel from the bone You were dead to the world, now I'm dead to you Haunting your own house, nothing to lose I let you sink your fangs so deep, ah You know you can't breathe on your own How can you breathe on your own? The sun is setting on our love, I fear Letting our loneliness out into the atmosphere The tides have turned in on our chance to turn it 'round I never thought I'd see my fingernails fall out Love isn't in the air, love isn't in the air Love isn't in the air, love isn't in the air

When you feel you're alone Cut off from this cruel world Your instinct's telling you to run Listen to your heart Those angel voices They'll sing to you They'll be your guide Back home When life leaves us blind Love keeps us kind It keeps us kind When you've suffered enough And your spirit is breaking You're growing desperate from the fight Remember, you're loved And you always will be This melody will bring you right Back home When life leaves us blind Love keeps us kind When life leaves us blind Love keeps us kind Oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh, oh Oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh Oh-oh, oh, oh