The Guardian (Ellie's Song) - Shawn James

When does it get quiet?

Time was supposed to extinguish the desire

But the embers won't snuff out

Haunted by your smiles, the mask keeps getting heavier

One step forward, two steps back

There's a noose 'round my neck and the further I get

It's harder and harder to breathe, can I find a way to cut the rope?

I've been waiting for dawn, but the light is all gone

Don't know if I'm already blind, can I leave it all behind?

What's it really for if it's not yours and it's not mine?

This victory is not what I hoped for

How was I to know that everything would end up like this?

Survival of the fittest of sorts

So I've become the bringer of death, a lover of life

The one who guards from the dark of the night, I'll be the hammer of war

Justice and mercy don't live side by side, so in retribution, I abide

I'll tip the scales to justice's end, but can it make amends?

Kill or be killed, what a way to live and die

I just can't see this cycle ever ending

How can I correct the damage done when I can't feel

The consequences of my recourse?

So I've become the bringer of death, a lover of life

The one who guards from the dark of the night, I'll be the hammer of war

I've been waiting for dawn, but the light is all gone

Don't know if I'm already blind, can I leave it all behind?