The Coldest Night of Winter

from HUMAN|NATURE by Swallowed Alive

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I recall the coldest day of winter
The day the earth stood still
Friends became foe, for the fight to live
Not a day goes by without remembering that day's chill

Haunting my memories with the sounds of chaos
The smell of smoke, the sounds of death, revealed the truest nature of man

As the day progressed the violence spread across the land
All human decency had come to an end
The cold, the chill
It haunts me still
What had we become?
Could it be that our past is better left unspoken?

In the coldest night of winter, we lost ourselves
In never-ending frost, we found ourselves
We showed the ultimate truth in the light
Savages, all of us, we showed the ultimate truth

The day ended as the moonlight fueled the bloodlust
Enter the night
The media told us everything would be all right
The TV man said we were all condemned for our actions, and we were to blame
The true nature of man, we are one and the same

In the wake of it all, I recall the final moments when the human race realized the mistake it made
There was no turning back, all hope had been erased
As the sun drew near, we began to fear what the future would hold

In the coldest night of winter, we lost ourselves
In never-ending frost, we found ourselves
We showed the ultimate truth in the light
Savages, all of us, we showed the ultimate truth

The cold, the chill
It haunts me still
What had we become?
Could it be that our past is better left unspoken?

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from HUMAN|NATURE, released August 8, 2016

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