The Starry Skies

 Dear brother of mine, I write to you from my current residence This letter will never make its way to you, I know But I write to you all the same Dear brother, I still hope that you're alive I left everything behind and went the distance I'm still going, mind you, until I fall There are those who did call me insane Dear brother, you are alive in my mind And the memory of you is all the evidence I need of your existence I've sailed across the open sea to another kingdom, and I'll flow With the water till I find someone who'll respond to your name Dear brother, I call for you every night And I renew the vow that we've made together, to uphold the resistance To uphold all the knowledge sealed within, and no I still believe that our father is to blame Dear brother, his darkened soul has taken over since your disappearance He pushed me so much that I left two years before I planned I would He wishes not to have children that he loves But a walking legacy of himself,...

  Chin up, soldier Stand and rise Chin up, soldier This isn't the time Nor the place To face defeat Chin up, soldier Chin up, my brother We're no longer on the battlefield The deaths weren't your fault Nor was the destruction we faced All the corpses we saw They're not with us today Chin up, my friend Chin up, and breathe The air here is clean The bloody scent that was beneath Is no longer here Rise up again And again and again We'll rise together with each other I've got your back, we're more than friends May not share parents, but we are brothers The arrows raining upon us The glory that they said we should chase The darkness we saw The darkness we brought The sun was blocked out by the rain So take my hand Put your arm on my shoulder should you need to I'm here, right now And I am with you It wasn't your fault Nor was it mine A place that we hold on Somewhere deep within our minds We're no longer there We've left it behind So leave it behi...