We grew as one through infancy,
Inseparable through maturity.
Now faced with the threat of annihilation
Ideals make way for war time operations.
Strobe-light shrapnel tear tissue asunder.
My shocked eyes gaze refusing to see.
A blood-stained path to my brother reveals
His unhealable open wounds frailty.
Inconceivable pain,
Irrevocable affliction.
Powerless am I
To make you whole once again.
(Panacea!)
Powerless am I
(Panacea!)
To make you whole once again.
Petrifying empathy
Takes complete control of me.
He's involuntarily tethered
To these last moments of pain.
It may be his last desire
To be bathed in friendly fire.
A terminal reaction
To a hopeless situation.
"Brother... Please... Send me on my way."
"Brother... Please... Release me from this pain."
It seems that even gods on high
Refuse to let my brother die.
This responsibility now thrust on me,
Any burden I'll bear shall become secondary.
A fratricide you're empowering
To end all your suffering.