Derrek Estrella - Long Was The Crawl lyrics

On the darkened underpass the mules of liberty collapse As dogs of peace deal out their lawful lashing A saint above the crowd draws a map Which leads them to a tranquil sense of crashing The forefathers of folly barricade the lofty seal Frightened by the land they confiscated The sons and daughters hide their whispered tears When buried ‘neath the soil they cultivated Well the sky was heavy The wind was sharp And the ground was marked With shame on that day Long was the crawl to freedom’s gate Everywhere the blanket falls over the blonded roads The questions of the dead are soon forsaken With nothing built to last, the eagle sows Conclusions to be reaped and thus mistaken Those not born to lose are taught to buy another day Spent in peace made free by deepest hatred But peace has a price for those who cannot wait and will not wait Only paid when all are devastated Yes, the starless sailors guided by The drowning night They crossed many shores Long was the crawl to freedom’s door Over freedom’s gate stands a tower and its light Lined with many guns forever aiming As volleys tear apart the arid sky And fall below, the flames and powder raining Beneath the clouds, heard through the barks of bullets, the howls of hail Comes the sounds of freedom, loose and thrashing Held within the arms of palest day With momentary colours brightly flashing O, the timeless soldiers marching on To the failing dawn They know what they saw Long was the crawl to freedom’s maw Time is young as it repeats the many shallow steps Taken to an end that was beginning As triumphs cost much more and mean much less To dying men who thought that they were winning Do not rest on any promised word or pearly pawn Quickly shattered by the hollow gavel You must see the rigid path you’re on And know that in the end it must unravel Well the sky will be scarred The wind will be high The ground will sigh They say, on that day Long was the crawl to freedom’s gate