My voice did not rise up against the clanging of the bell I crawled under the crossfire of nations of hells My face did not show signs of scars Of many nights I'd known Of blackness against blackness, never to be recalled My eyes were not spared the cost of drinking I had done And though I shot em down like birds on a fence My hands would not lift up against the beating I received
My bad luck ran in spades and gathered at my back A black ocean of waves Well, nothing ever changes after innocence is lost For a slew of taking chances I must pay the cost And how far has it got me? and what have I to show? For all the blood-filled eyes to cry : 'and this too shall go And this too shall go'