Nestled In The Ranks

I'm just here nestled in the ranks Fuel burning on an empty tank How much longer will I wait I feel my time is far too late No one will ever hear my songs This endless weight I dwell upon Bleak ladders, climbing empty rungs And all I hear is the sound of guns The clock goes tic tic in my brain Wish I could go against the grain These shadowed halls are my domain My shadow is my weathervane The silhouettes will pull me through Marionnettes will clear my view And if my path is set askew My thoughts will soon revert to you You are a fickle one indeed Constantly increasing your speed Or clever, hiding in the reeds You never were a faithful breed The dogs are howling at my door Constantly demanding more Oh how I'd like to settle the score With all of this behind us There's still pain to remind us of our war It's coming on strong I will change my ways And never rest on holidays Let's start a war It's coming strong What pleasure we can find In the corners of our wind Let's start a war So saddle up we got miles to go Rising fast so you'll never know I've still got a fingerhold On the proof that I'm not trapped below So strap in and start the car For this is the day we raise the bar We've still got our broken hearts But we've got our songs and that's a start So say hello to a brand new day And start thinking of what to say I don't know what to say To the clever hurdles that come my way because I'm just here nestled in the ranks Fuel burning on an empty tank How much longer will I wait I feel my time is far too late The silhouettes will pull me through Marionnettes will clear my view And if my path is set askew My thoughts will soon revert to you With all of this behind us There's still pain to remind us of our war It's coming on strong And how could I forget Things that haven't happened yet Let's start a war I will change my ways And never rest on holidays Let's start a war It's coming, it's coming What pleasure we can find In the corners of our wind Let's start a war