Along the furrows of his heels a long shadow steals Down from the altar pulled all the destinies fulfilled Tell the tale another god has had his day And in the mirror you walk away When on the grey fields the troubles fall still Another soldier’s cause dies for what never was Drifting past the dreams now gone astray In the mirror you walk away Soiled the sacrament and broken the monument Sullied the sculpture and soured the rapture Beauty lives but brief its stay And in the mirror you walk away Gods will give and then take away If faith tastes of blood drink deep when you pray
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