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The Sanctuary

from Human Album by Whitherward

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lyrics

We had a choice to make
We had a world to save
A sacrifice was all that it would take

Without a pause for thought
A soulbound weapon sought
To vanquish evil from this sacred place

Her life
Was given up
So that we would endure
The world we had was base and impure

Anew
Remade with love
We plant the seeds and tend
The sanctuary
Would grow again

Sunshafts dart through the trees
And dance among the breeze
They strike my face with a familiar ease

This forest gave me life
And opened up my eyes
Here I was born, and here I hope to die

The sun
To catch the sun
I climb the redwood arms
To guard the canopy from our foes

It’s true
I knew that I
Had been immortal once
But this was not the fate that I chose

Stoic resplendency
Enshrined among the leaves
Their veins connected to the history

A thousand thousand years
Embracing nature’s tears
To give their shelter to the creatures here

This light
I give to you
They gave to me before
To ward the forces
That can restore

My son
My only son
Today becomes the day
The sanctuary
Calls you a man

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from Human Album, released April 7, 2019

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