Landmines

I know why I'm here now See the signs Let my own fate find me Stars aligned To blink is to miss our chance at the world Mankind an abyss, into which we might fall And so on and on, on and on we toil Our fantasies collide, leading us to spoil All our plans are foiled Searching for the promised land But my feet stuck in the sand No surrender, can't withdraw Relief appears upon my sword Should I fall upon my sword? And I can't control the weather, so let it rain on me now All these years I've held together, are starting to bring me down As we rise up, I must fall Time and again I must fight for the cause Lines stretch and they tear Will I be overthrown? And I can't control the weather, so let it rain on me now All these years I've held together, are starting to bring me down As we rise up, I must fall The fickle symphony is calling out again, I crow This muted melody is falling on deaf ears now Landmines reside under the path that I'm consigned Will I come undone? Thorn vines entwined around the neck to foil my cries Silent in this war And I'll be sober now, there's no four leaf clover Can't see through windows made of gold So un-blind The fickle symphony is calling out again, I crow This muted melody, the call for clemency's vetoed The writings on the wall, it's time for me to fall, let go The fable we were fed, the pathway only led, to finding this fool's gold Don't know why I'm here now See false signs Fate will never find me Stars maligned I don't know why