Cold Dawn (v.2)

[Genre: Atmospheric Female Vocal Metal, Doom Metal, Hard Rock Ballad, Cinematic]
[Female Vocals: Haunting, Clear, Emotional, Clean Singing]
[Tempo: Slow, Heavy, Melancholic]

(Verse 1)
The smoke clears slow, the sun is low and red
On a field of mud and stone, where the iron words were said
The only sound's the wind, whispering through the grass
And I am standing here alone, watching all the shadows pass
He was standing by my side, just an hour, maybe less
Now there's only empty space, and a silence I can't dress

(Chorus)
Oh, the battle's thunder's in my ears, a ringing and a roar!
I reach out for his hand, but he's there no more!
Just a lone wolf on the plain, under a bruised and heavy sky
Singing low, a lullaby... for the ones who had to die!

(Verse 2)
The metal taste of fear, the shouting and the cries
The flash of steel and fire, reflected in his eyes
I held the line together, I was strong and I was brave
Now I'm searching through the bodies for the one I couldn't save
My uniform is heavy, with the cold and with the weight
Of a future that was promised, but it closed behind the gate

(Chorus)
Oh, the battle's thunder's in my ears, a ringing and a roar!
I reach out for his hand, but he's there no more!
Just a lone wolf on the plain, under a bruised and heavy sky
Singing low, a lullaby... for the ones who had to die!

(Bridge)
[Guitar Distortion fades to Clean]
They'll write about the glory, the victory they won
They'll never know the silence, when the bitter day is done
They'll never know the name I whisper, carried on the breeze
Just a ghost among the wheat, and the bare and broken trees.

(Outro)
[Echoing Vocals]
The stars begin to pierce the dark, so cold, so very far
I wonder if he sees me... from wherever soldiers are...
I am standing here alone...
Alone...
[Sound of wind, final heavy guitar chord fades]