Where Are You Now

My knees are shaking, mud and red
Counting faces of the dead
They keep on coming, endless tide
There's nowhere left for us to hide
I'm trying hard to catch my breath
Each second closer to my death
My captain's gone, his eyes still wide
I've never felt this small inside

Where are you now when I need you most
When my hands are empty and I've lost my post
Where are you now, I'm screaming out your name
Into the smoke and blood and flame
Where are you now, can't do this on my own
Where are you now, I'm breaking down to bone
Send me something, send me anyone
Before this horror's done

My sword arm's burning, legs won't hold
The morning Sun's so bitter cold
I see their banners, black as night
While ours are torn and barely white
I'm thinking of my mother's face
The home I'll never see again, that place
Where everything was safe and clean
Not like this waking nightmare scene

Where are you now when hope is thin
When I can feel them closing in
Where are you now, I'm calling through the storm
My throat is raw, my heart is torn
Where are you now, I can't keep standing tall
Where are you now, I'm about to fall
Send me mercy, send me one more chance
Before I lose this dance

Then silence hits me like a punch
Nobody's coming, nobody's here
But I can see the others near
Their eyes are seeking what I asked
But I'll pull them back across the line
Get up, move now, protect the weak
I'll be the help that they all seek

Now I'm moving through the smoke
Pulling people from the choke
Grabbing soldiers, shouting move
I'm the one I needed to prove
I was the one I waited for
I am the answer to that roar
Nobody came but that's alright
I became my own light tonight