No Way to Change That Now

I still see you

When days were young

Like a shadow

You followed me

Brave but unsung

Then war was a game

Still you obeyed every command

The best soldier this captain ever had

But the things I believed in made me so blind

That losing you never crossed my mind

For how then could my shadow fall with me there

Standing beside?

All of the things I believe have cursed me somehow

And there is nothing can change that now

No way I can reach back to you

And undo what has been done

Honor, duty

Run in my veins

Wild horses galloping on

With a fool at the reins

Who could laugh and face death but couldn't see

That soon it would be laughing right back at me

Now the things I have seen have opened my eyes

Too late is one blinded fool made wise

Who stared watching his shadow fall

While he stood right by his side

All of the things I believe have cursed me somehow

And God, there's no way to change that now

No force or power that's great enough

To undo the wrong I have done to you