The first day
  I felt changed
  I felt removed and broken
  Over man
  Over God
  But weak by the same token
  
  Wherewithal
  Has dissolved
  A soulless apparition
  Loss of choice
  Lost my voice
  Condemned and then conditioned
  
  I turn my eyes up to the sun
  And stare ahead as if there's none
  Mere cinders where my eyes had been
  Forced to forget the things I've seen
  
  My limbs move
  Without will
  My thoughts without emotion
  Ignorant
  Of my cause
  But with complete devotion
  I'm sent forth
  To collect
  Another bitter harvest
  A cruel trial
  To find out
  Who they can push the farthest
  
  I turn my eyes up to the sun
  And stare ahead as if there's none
  Mere cinders where my eyes had been
  Forced to forget the things I've seen
  
  Mowing down
  Rows and rows
  Like waves of flesh, blood, and bone
  Staring blank
  Into space
  No sign of life on my face
  Empty man
  With a gun
  What on earth have you done?
  On your knees
  On your knees
  For the land of the free
  
  I turn my eyes up to the sun
  And stare ahead as if there's none
  Mere cinders where my eyes had been
  Forced to forget the things I've seen