Terra Famelica

Returning to charred ruins after the war, father and daughter sow the scarred soil once more, though this time the father grants her what he never had: the freedom to walk away. LYRICS The war has bled away, and the road is long and gray We walk back through the ashes to the place where our house once stood Only the stones of the hearth remain, black and cold beneath the snow And the field lies silent, waiting, like it always has Peace is not a homecoming Peace is only a quiet A quiet where I count what's gone And find the earth still here Terra famelica! Hungry land! You have taken all we had! Terra famelica! Hungry land! Yet still I kneel and sow! Break the ice and break the stone Break the silence that I've known! I kneel upon the frozen ground, and the child kneels beside me Her small hands dig beside my own, the way I once dug beside him The hoe is heavy, the earth is hard, the sky is gray and low And I see my father's face in the mirror of the snow I will not hand you only duty I will not hand you only chains The field is yours if you want it But the road is yours as well Terra famelica! Hungry land! You have taken all we had! Terra famelica! Hungry land! But you will not take her! Break the ice and break the stone Break the silence that I've known! Go if you must, my child The land will keep And so will I