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The War That Cannot Be Won (Rough)

from Iron and Rough by Stranger Ways

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Two ancient enemies arrive here today
Your people praying for salvation
I’ve seen the madness and the vengeance in your eyes
That way leads to annihilation

You’ve ignited the fuse, now you cannot but lose
You lead your own men into slaughter
When the battle is done, you will fall to the gun
The end is nigh, the war that cannot be won

Two ancient enemies have been kept apart
Their worlds completely separated
But over time the wall has been chipped away
The hedge between them desecrated

It was better before we kicked open the door
We’ve proven we can’t live together
Separation a gift now destroyed by this rift
I’ve got to end this war that cannot be won


Tom, if you are thinking that which I suspect you’re thinking
Then maybe there’s a way, but such a cost
Tom, if you are asking that which I suspect you’re asking
The power must arise from something lost

Your queen could throw away a hundred thousand of my people
But for her that would be no sacrifice
The willing death of just one human holds more power
Than the slaughter she would use to pay the price

Two ancient enemies that met in the wood
And found their fates woven together
Until today I only cared for myself
So we can do the queen one better

Never thought that a friend would deliver my end
My virtue the death of my conscience
We must give human life to the will of the knife
To save us from the war that cannot

Be they human or fae, I will curse those I save
Our worlds must be parted forever
So now take up the blade, blood and tears will be paid
We won’t let you fight the war that cannot be won

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from Iron and Rough, released January 17, 2016

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