i have been away for way too long twice as tall a hundred times as strong winter s over spring is coming on yesterday is smoke and steam and sand all those demons hold me where i stand this road could lead me back where i began if i only knew the way are they waiting by the door do they wonder where i ve gone is it my home anymore or will i be moving on i have been away for way too long i remember whispered words and names men in fields and everything in flames our mothers feared the men that we became but their sons were on the rise are they waiting by the door do they wonder where i ve gone is it my home anymore or will i be moving on i m a million miles away and it s hard to see beyond all the chaos and decay to the place where i belong i have been away for way too long long before these harsh realities violence seemed so far away our entire world was water and shade now we re paying for mistakes our fathers made