Sun Lyrics - Assemblage 23

The first day 

I felt changed 

I felt removed and broken 

Over man 

Over God 

But weak by the same token 

Wherewithal 

Has dissolved 

A soulless apparition 

Loss of choice 

Lost my voice 

Condemned and then conditioned 

I turn my eyes up to the sun 

And stare ahead as if there's none 

Mere cinders where my eyes had been 

Forced to forget the things I've seen 

My limbs move 

Without will 

My thoughts without emotion 

Ignorant 

Of my cause 

But with complete devotion 

I'm sent forth 

To collect 

Another bitter harvest 

A cruel trial 

To find out 

Who they can push the farthest 

I turn my eyes up to the sun 

And stare ahead as if there's none 

Mere cinders where my eyes had been 

Forced to forget the things I've seen 

Mowing down 

Rows and rows 

Like waves of flesh, blood, and bone 

Staring blank 

Into space 

No sign of life on my face 

Empty man 

With a gun 

What on earth have you done? 

On your knees 

On your knees 

For the land of the free 

I turn my eyes up to the sun 

And stare ahead as if there's none 

Mere cinders where my eyes had been 

Forced to forget the things I've seen