Inter Arma Blood On The Lupines Lyrics

As the sun bids farewell
To this dusty wash
Its last thin rays
Kindle tiny stars
That dance
In no particular time-
Specks of stray glass
That collect the last hints
Of the fleeting light

As darkness grips
This wayward land
Scant flickers of transient light
Frolic in the distance-
A sure sign of some dreary town

So I wander through the night
'Til I reach its shadowy edge

Where gravestones lay between
Shuttered homes and rusting hulks

Where I see her figure
Faceless in the gloom
And she says:

"Turn away! These people are held by a cursed star
There's blood on the lupines and a fever in this town."