Hold me close until my fear subsides

Yeah, I might be the only one left alive

Oh, pull me out of this sullen field, yeah

I might be too close, I might be too close

We're all alone, we are alone

But I don't know your location

So many ghosts have come and gone

They left a ringing in my ear

We are alive, the world is ice

This is a strange vocation

And I might be too close, I might be too close

I can feel your hurt

Oh, I'm so near your hurt

We were all so brave on the outside

Oh, we painted our very own meaning of love

In our letters of blood

Oh yeah

Well, it goes so fast like a bomb blast

The conviction of the righteous is gone

Yeah, it goes so fast like a bomb blast

The conviction of the righteous is gone

Hey, we are alone, we're all alone

But I don't know your location

So many ghosts have come and gone

They left a ringing in my ear

To put the blade to those you love

This is a strange vocation

And I might be too close, I might be too close

I can feel your hurt

Oh, I'm so near your hurt

We were all so brave on the outside

Oh, we painted our very own meaning of love

In our letters of blood

Oh yeah

We painted our very own meaning in letters of blood

Oh, I saw the frightened faces of the boys coming in for the kill

So many more of them left to cut down before we take that hill

And they said any man here with a merciful

Thought in his head will be shot where he stands

So we carried out faithfully down to

The letter all of the colonel's demands

All the colonel commands

Yeah, all of the colonel's demands

And in the end we all knew we'd be getting what we got

Do the devil buy a hangman's rope with love

Oh, wretched lot