We grew as one through infancy In seperable through maturity Now laces with the threat Of annihilation Ideals make way for wartime operations Strobe-light shrapnel Tears tissue asunder My shocked eyes gaze Refusing to see A blood-stained path to My brother reveals His unhealable open wounds' frailty Inconceivable pain Irrevocable affliction Powerless am I To make you whole once again Panacea Powerless am I Panacea To make you whole once again Petrifying empathy Takes complete control of me He's involuntarily tethered To these last moments of pain It may be his last desire To be bathed in friendly fire A terminal reaction to a hopeless situation "Brother...Please. Send me on my way" "Brother...Please. Release me from this pain" It seems that even gods on high Refuse to let my brother die Responsibility now thrust on me Any burden I bear Shall be secondary A fratricide you're empowering To end all your suffering