Long before the siege us liftednSee that more than men were fellednThe desolate expanse the victornThe conqueror, the void, the wellnnLife had slithered forth from itnThe actual antagonistnIn every battle fought againstnApparent need for quieting andnnThe victor's exultant momentnAdrenaline flow fleetingnHuman agony's no the answernSo why is it in the plan?nnLife had slithered forth from itnThe actual antagonistnIn every battle fought againstnApparent need for quietingnAnd lifelessnessnnThe victor's exultant momentnAdrenaline flow fleetingnHuman agony's no the answernSo why is it in the plan?