"Even Victory Brings Loss"

So long we've been fighting this
Going back to the precipice
And retracing
With the hope we'll see the day
When all these ties to terror will release
And these neverending fires cease
In the daylight
How many fighters lay deceased?

We lay in broken pieces
In the aftermath, we can't go back
To the way it was before
We've overcome, but come undone
Our ships burnt at the shore
This ain't Hollywood, there aren't no
Perfect endings anymore
Victory is just defeat that you endure

Life fades, it's a mystery
How it lingers still aloft
In the background gaze
While our semblance fades
Still clinging to that cross
And there's a heartbeat underneath this flesh
Even though the flesh betrays
If we make it to the ending
Will there be something left to save?

We lay in broken pieces
In the aftermath, we can't go back
To the way it was before
We've overcome, but come undone
Our ships burnt at the shore
This ain't Hollywood, there aren't no
Perfect endings anymore
Victory is just defeat that you endure

What we've lost along the way
What we've lost along the way
We've all lost along the way
So stand today

"Defeatist"

You try so hard
At the outset
The beginning of the race
But then lose heart
When the pain sets in
You can't keep up the pace

You make excuses
And they're good ones, that's for sure
But that path is useless
Drawing circles, that's no cure

So you can never know
How far you can go
If you don't test it
Start investing
In the one that you do you control
It's your attitude that dictates where you'll go
Oooh, oooh

When your life's
Depleted
You're at half tank and half mast
But the only thing you're mourning
Is the outcome of the past

You're never quite defeated
Till your own lots, you have cast

So you can never know
How far you can go
If you don't test it
Start investing
In the one that you do you control
It's your attitude that dictates where you'll go
Oooh, oooh
Don't lose hope
Oooh, oooh

You trip and fall
And say "that's all
The strength I have in me."
But you'll lay right there
Going nowhere
If you don't get up on your feet