who set this doubt in motion who brought the pillars down who made an empty promise of my town who rose to meet the morning who learned the rivers name who told us our blood was not the same who set the heart s a reeling who lead the push and shove who told us that our best was not enough oh not me said the one in waiting not me said the rising tide not me said the dying martyr no not i who kept the blooded arrows the relics and the shepherd s staff who turned the true believer to the fatted calf who knew before we started how this would all play out who took the sense of reason from our minds oh not me said the solider marching not me said the bluer blood not me said the givers of beauty no not us oh no me said the great homecoming not me said the dying light not me said the fading empire it s none but i none but i who made an empty promise who left us where we stand who knew the who wrote the book of changes who takes the others down who hung the flag of empire above our town none but i always remember always remember you said 