I watched the rise and the fall of the common man

I lived to see your steps walk back

I watched the walls all crash down, crumbling

Just to be rebuilt while we slept

We threw swords in the oceans wide and deep

We promise peace but the peace won't last

'cause now we forge new blades so nervously

Waiting for this harmony to pass

I stand guard and roam

Like a sentinel

I see it all

I've been awake too long

Wish there was something that could close my eyes

To all that I see

Awake too long

It would be easier to fall asleep

We fell in love but the love kept running out

We follow roads but the roads all end

We lived and learned, and learned to live without

Falling from the ladders we ascend

I've seen the eyes of the widows left behind

I've seen the child of a fallen man

And never once did our leaders apologize

For battles they began

I can't look away or pretend not to see

And so I say

I've been awake too long

Wish there was something that could close my eyes

To all that I see

Awake too long

It would be easier to fall asleep

Asleep

Maybe I would dream if I could sleep

Maybe I'd see what this could be

Instead of what it is

And is there bliss in ignorance?

Is this our demise we can't prevent?

Should we fall asleep?

I've been awake too long

I've been awake too long

I've been awake too long

I've been awake too long

(I've been awake too long) and like constant vigils we all

(I've been awake too long) carry eternal flames

(I've been awake too long) I'm saturate pains to an open heart

(I've been awake too long) but through it all

Every single cut I've been awake