Requiem - Echoes Of War lyrics

Forced to suicide mission Chosen for sacrifice Expendable human resource Food for powder all these lives Collateral mortal waste On altars of greed Apathy pervades our culture Devoting our own seed... strike... Mental wrecks thrown to the fire Spreading madness internally Families condemned to suffer No cure can be achieved Coming home with addiction issues There is more than meets the eye Refused to regain their lives Upon their return from strife Echoes of war - cannons fall silent Souls lost into nevermore Going off to foreign countries At the behest of others that decide Among these returning veterans Instances of suicide Overrun by mauling tank tracks Oncoming storm Roaring cannons now fall silent Remembrance our ultimate downfall Post-traumatic stress disorder Aftermath of battlefield horrors Bringing along multiple issues No more chance to subdue Echoes of war - cannons fall silent Souls lost into nevermore Echoes of war - cannons fall silent Souls lost into nevermore Post-traumatic stress disorder Aftermath of battlefield horrors... retreat... Suicide and collective k**ing Implied by twisted minds Murder, rape and a**ault Are just the prevalent crimes Flaps of skin in barbwire Forever burned in memories Suffering screams - chased by nightmares Seeds of hate in their bloodstreams Front line trauma - Burning from inside Front line trauma - Burning from inside Echoes - battle - machine gun fire Attack - retreat - inside the wire Front line trauma - Burials on battlegrounds Burning from inside - -Still the lament sounds