in the middle of this room   at the thought of twice this pain   i almost noticed      as the trees begin to gray   as the decades turn away   i almost noticed      that you saved    the one thing you knew no one could take from [me]      what am i supposed to say?   it swallowed me whole   what am i supposed to say?   by fire i'm sold      and this demise in the eyes of people   these empires have chosen evil   while we train our wartime heroes      what am i supposed to say?   it swallowed me whole   what am i supposed to say?   by fire i'm sold      you answer to us