The One-Eyed Man

I think we now have learned that there are different ways to win
The sun's gone down behind the trees and cold is seeping in
It almost doesn't matter that the time for talking's done
The dream we knew has ended and a nightmare has begun
But with so many flying blind upon an angel's wing
So, in the kingdom of the blind, our one-eyed man is king

They're saying we have little time; the options to assess
Are whether to capitulate or maybe acquiesce?
We're thinking of the winter sun reflecting on the snow
That disappeared behind the trees about an hour ago
And trying to work out what is wise and what is inhumane?
A one-eyed man turns chaos to an organised campaign

The journey will be hard at first, and dangerous and dark
A foolish kind of enterprise upon which to embark
The moon is offering little light to help us on the track
And everybody knows by now there is no turning back
"Remember how a single spark ignites a fire that flares?
It will burn even brighter!" so the one-eyed man declares

I heard someone predictably descended into Hell
They say that he'd maliciously been poisoning the well
But these things happen, sadly, when a people are bereft
When vestiges of light are gone and dark is all that's left
And yet in spite of everything, whatever else we lack
At least we have a one-eyed man to lead us safely back

Whilst ever there's the slightest chance, be it however small
Conceivably against all odds their edifice might fall
The partisans will still maintain their willingness to fight
Through rain and wind and sleet and snow and through this blackest night
Yet no one underestimates – nobody should or can
The anarchy that would ensue without the one-eyed man

Though in the end, as history says, undoubtedly we'll bleed
Whatever happens, come what may, we never will concede
And Phoenix-like, we'll rise again – we all will be reborn
And all of this in winter in the dark before the dawn
He will, before the break of day, have engineered his plan
For that, if nothing more right now, we need the one-eyed man