Glass towers rise with shadows all around us This city is an old flaw Can't swallow all the sin We don't realize the curses that become us But you can't deny the capture we're in Oh the prize and praises of the war I could never leave the violet shore I could never leave the fallen Oh my eyes betray an opening door But I could never leave this violet shore I could never leave the folly The highs you've won holding in a sad song Yea it's in your blood Is that all you've got to give? Does it hurt too much just to let the dark go Drop the stones you throw And let a little light in Oh the prize and praises of the war I could never leave the violet shore I could never leave the fallen Oh my eyes betray an opening door But I could never leave this violet shore I could never leave the folly I see the firing squad I know my time is coming Hear the armies march Oh my my, oh my my I see the firing squad I know my time is coming Hear the armies march Oh my my, oh my my Oh the prize and praises of the war I could never leave the violet shore I could never leave the fallen Oh my eyes betray an opening door But I could never leave this violet shore I could never leave the folly