Ashes

When the world burned I faced the task

Of rebuilding what I made

I'd raise the sun again

I'd bring them through the end

And day by day they passed away

Right before my eyes

Six became a team of five

I couldn't help but pass them by

Ashes to ashes

Dust to dust

Honor to glory

And iron to rust

Hate to bloodshed

From rise to fall

If I never have to die

Am I alive at all?

When flames would rise to my allies

I'd feel the pain inside

I was the victor at a cost

With every war a friend was lost

On deaf ears fell my cries of hurt

As the last one drove insane

He turned and went astray

Only my own blood to fade away

The nightmare began when it all ended

My own blood the one I had befriended

Ruled in harmony

The better side of me

But things broke down just when I thought I

Had lost everything I could I

Let her slip away

She turned her back on me