Bended Knee

I heard the cavalry ride that day

My parents hid me and there I'd stay

Then those troops came, one by one

Men with honor, men with virtue, men with none

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When they held her, I heard him cry

And when they butchered him, I watched her die

I shed no tears and vowed that day

Men would crumble, men would suffer, men would pay

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Before the war came, I was free

Then a darkness consumed me

The face of war is all I see

And I find no hope on bended knee

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I kept my word as the years crept by

I slaughtered all to watch them die

I'd make them doubt, oh they believed

Men can marry, men can father, men can grieve

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They'd beg their Lord, as I did my will

Their wives would scream and their children still

I heard their stories one by one

Men have prayers, men have regrets, I have none

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Before the war came, I was free

Now a darkness consumes me

I'm the last face men will see

And they waste their breath on bended knee