Trying Times

Death and reprisal We put our god on trial For a murder so vile It defies all understanding Such are the ways of men I couldn't do a goddamn thing As we watched you die Senseless destruction A young life interrupted A victim of corruption, bred by greed In this cold room we all stand and mourn A crowd of mutes come to sing our silent song We're all here to watch the dead perform An explosion of hysterics At your final curtain call If I could climb my way to heaven I know that I would hear him say "My brother I did not die for nothing I'm with you always" In the darkest of seasons I've searched for a reason A lesson learned in this life lost Another martyr to the frost Another brethren laid to rest Another debt repaid to death The final chapter doth now close In this anthology of woes Life of confusion A young man disillusioned The answer and the ending were the same Oftentimes I wonder why Things had to be this way Through the dark and the light We march on Through ashes of extinguished flame And I know you are gone So long I guess some things we cannot change Tread forth with your head held high Through the dark and the light In trying times, I'm with you always