Pyrrhic Victory

Every bridge has been burned
Every building razed
The earth has been salted
Around me, a wasteland

Everything I had, I have spent
On this war of desolation
Alone, I feast on the carrion
All that is left of that for which I fought

Stripped away, the armour of indifference
Naked and alone, a quivering wreck
Too tender, too raw to run
The only defence, a vicious attack

Cut down all who come near
Lest they too cause pain
Blinded by fear, stand resolute
An island, a rock, alone

Triumphant I stand, Pyrrhus reborn
One more such victory and we are lost