Unto the Breach

I've seen the face of evil
But you look the other way
Good faith is a dagger in your back
Don't trust the vows of desperate men

Now here I stand
In the presence of paradox
A serpent on an olive branch
What remains
When anomaly and prejudice collide

These ambitions
Could take us to the brink
This future
Is closer than you think
Where is this promised paradise
To us, yet undiscovered
Or never there at all

I've seen the face of progress
And then I watched it fade away
I've done my bid for king and country
And I'm repaid with chains
What more can I offer
Who else can turn on me

Now as we stand
On the edge of apocalypse
The innocence of marionettes
What remains
Is a question of our character
That none among us here can answer

These ambitions
Could take us to the brink
This future
Is closer than you think
Where is this promised paradise
To us, yet undiscovered
Or never there at all

If a brave new world awaits us
I'll be the last to go
But I'll endure if the journey takes us
Once more
Unto the breach