Custer's Lament / War Song

from The Gilded Age by Velaraas

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lyrics

So sure of their station
Men they were brave
But the pride of the general
Led them to their grave

In that final hour
Lives, they were lost
Few knew how the west was won
And fewer know the cost

They paid with blood
As all men should
Their mournful cry
Under western skies

Along the horizon
Their shadows spilling forth
Bleeding over the wounded plain

The trap is set
The ambush awaits
Their fate is sealed

Counting coup or taking your life
Nocking my bow or unsheathing my knife

Cold and forsaken lies
The twisted heart within this shell
With every scalp I take
I send a devil back to hell

I fight with the power of the gods at my side
Their fate is sealed

I will live, you will die
Ascend with your spirit to the sky
My medicine is strong
Now I sing a grand war song

Seething malice, full of hate
Painted horses seal your fate

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from The Gilded Age, released March 7, 2015

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