Dead Army-Scythian

[ti:Dead Army] [ar:Scythian] [al:American Shanty] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Dead Army - Scythian [00:40.25]Woke tonight from my sleep In a restless hell [00:42.98] [00:43.89]Chains lying cross the floor Outside a distant yell [00:46.87] [00:48.01]Eyes stare straight in front of me [00:49.37]A dream I can't return [00:50.43] [00:51.45]On this dead end street in Tennessee [00:52.66] [00:53.33]A trip I soon will learn [00:54.57] [00:55.08]That what I thought was an escape [00:56.66] [00:57.19]A chance to get away [00:58.00] [00:59.03]Could all come rushing to a halt [01:00.75]Slow down and live today [01:02.08] [01:02.87]But don't find yourself alone [01:04.00] [01:04.76]And staring down at the road [01:05.91] [01:06.67]Hear the cries of battle lullabies [01:07.65] [01:08.28]And the dead's solemn load [01:09.11] [01:44.47]As I stared into his eyes He said rise from this bed [01:47.88] [01:48.51]The wheel's roll slow outside It's the crawl of the dead [01:51.70] [01:52.40]To them the war is raging Lee's last battle call [01:55.30] [01:56.10]Has stirred them from their endless sleep [01:57.93]Tonight they will not fall [01:59.39] [01:59.91]Look now son the scene out front [02:01.29] [02:01.96]As they move into the night [02:03.00] [02:03.75]No one's told them their time is up [02:05.60]And they'll march on to fight [02:06.51] [02:07.65]But don't find yourself alone [02:08.24] [02:09.32]And staring down at the road [02:10.45] [02:11.24]Because the preacher won't save you from a devil's fate [02:13.07]And the dead's fading load [02:14.31] [02:23.38]One soul's stuck down on the rail [02:26.66] [02:27.79]Pushing and a pulling in the night time air [02:31.25] [02:32.29]Everyone's stuck down on the rail [02:35.71] [02:36.83]Waiting on the word that takes him home [02:39.27] [02:41.51]One soul's stuck down on the rail [02:44.58] [02:45.88]Pushing and a pulling in the night time air [02:49.22] [02:50.36]Everyone's stuck down on the rail [02:53.77] [02:54.90]Waiting on the word that takes him home [02:57.27] [02:59.48]Waiting on the word that takes him home [03:01.79] [03:08.82]I can remember what kept me [03:11.13]Alive and well today [03:12.13] [03:13.18]As the mist broke way for the army [03:14.35] [03:14.94]To find solace on their way [03:16.24] [03:16.91]Was not the peace of this Tennessee home [03:18.57]Or a life I'd left behind [03:19.56] [03:20.59]But words coming from the glass eyes [03:22.52]Of a shackled man in time [03:23.66] [03:24.52]Could make me see what they'd lost [03:25.86] [03:26.37]By handing over their rights [03:27.62] [03:28.34]To the tongue of a judge and jury [03:30.07]Who made sure they'd always fight [03:31.25] [03:32.39]But don't find yourself alone [03:33.27] [03:34.01]And staring down at the road [03:35.38] [03:36.09]Because one man's freedom could mean a curse [03:37.68]On the dead's final load [03:38.91] [04:03.13]One soul's stuck down on the rail [04:06.85] [04:07.56]Pushing and a pulling in the night time air [04:11.03] [04:12.06]Everyone's stuck down on the rail [04:15.48] [04:16.62]Waiting on the word that takes him home [04:19.06] [04:21.17]One soul's stuck down on the rail [04:24.62] [04:25.62]Pushing and a pulling in the night time air [04:29.09] [04:30.09]Everyone's stuck down on the rail [04:33.50] [04:34.52]Waiting on the word that takes him home [04:37.00] [04:39.02]Waiting on the word that takes him home [04:41.69] [04:43.38]Waiting on the word that takes him home