Dragonlight Observatory - Hands of Ice Lyrics

The war was at an end
The triumph and the tears
Down the glittering sidewalk
The music and the cheers
You couldn't see the rooftops
From the flags that flew between
The bells were ringing out
For the soldiers of the queen
The glory of an age
Came spilling off the page
But then there came a shadow
The splendor turned to rage
Come swift and sudden dread
The bells ceased overhead
Hang up the black sable
For the army of the dead
Their faces gaunt and ghastly, sad and slow
Red-smeared rags and haunting eyes of woe
The pity of the men who payed the price
Each heart was clutched in hollow hands of ice
Harken to the past
Every man and boy
Took up the skyward colors
Thundering the joy
Even still some eyes
Were shining with regret
If we never feel the mercy
Let us nevermore forget
On this our crowning day
We're the men who had to pay
Now cheer for us, our pain
Shall the grave be all our gain
Long and heavy is the score
No one cheered for us before
Now every eye was staring
At the army of the dead
Their faces gaunt and ghastly, sad and slow
Red-smeared rags and haunting eyes of woe
The pity of the men who payed the price
Each heart was clutched in hollow hands of ice
Their faces gaunt and ghastly, sad and slow
Red-smeared rags and haunting eyes of woe
The pity of the men who payed the price
Each heart was clutched in hollow hands of ice