Hollow Grave

Can I be redeemed from this life

There's no meaning to my end

I was left behind to fend for myself

And I don't know where I've been

I haven't lived to see my dreams

My past is an empty shell

The world has had its full of me

Will I have my chance as well

They've locked me away in a hollow grave

And I've lost all hope of ever being saved

They lied to take me from my home

Said my victory lied beyond the sea

Now lost, forgotten, maybe dead

Someone cries for me

I had to sacrifice myself

I must lose so we can win

And I dare not try end my life

For I'll only lose again

Don't lock me away in a hollow grave

Don't shed a tear I can't pretend I'm brave

I'm lost inside a world that's not for me

And I see no sign of ever being free

I've dreamed the horrors of war

I've tasted my blood and gore

But now I face the worst

I'm dead before my time

Though my yes cannot see

I hear them burying me

I've forgotten how to scream

And they've given up on me

I fought a war to stay alive

I killed my faith in man

Now I'm a forgotten pawn

Left behind to stand

Alone against what has become

A farce before my eyes

I only wanted to be left alone

Now I'm left behind

My family has erased my life

To forget about their pain

And though I live among the dead

I'll never breathe again

Myself and all the others must face

That our longing inside has died

And we've become a nation of ghosts

A lost forgotten tribe

The years have past, the days grow long

I'm a victim of my own pride

I don't know if I could live again

My home is now on this side

My father in heaven look down and answer

Where does my destiny lie?

I was never prepared to live this life

Now I'm not prepared to die

I'm left behind to die in a hollow grave

And I know no one will ever speak my name

The world goes on as though I've never been

And to fade without a fight, a forgotten sin

I cannot bear to see my name

That no one ever speaks

And eyes that never see

The forgotten epitaph of my hollow grave