The Wagon Trail Balladeers - When the Rivers Stood Still Lyrics

In the year when the frost bit hard
Fields lay barren, stars kept guard
Brothers took arms in a land split apart
The cry of the battle, a mournful chart

When the rivers stood still, under winter's grasp
Both sides bled deep, beneath banners vast
In the heart of the conflict, we clung to our breath
In the smoke and the mire, voices fought with death

Iron clads roared on waters once serene
The clash of blue and grey, a bitter scene
Homes turned to fortresses, shelters in the gale
As the fabric of a nation, frayed and pale

When the rivers stood still, under winter's grasp
Tales of bravery lost, and the cost, we amassed
By the flicker of the fire, we shared our plight
In the shadows of gunfire, history took flight

No hymn for the victor, nor the defeated here
Just a requiem for the souls once near
A somber tone amidst the cannon's fire
A call for unity, our forgotten desire

Fields of crimson, under harvest moons
Silent now, where chaos once ballooned
The drums have faded, the bugles silenced
Left are the stories, in twilight's cadence

When the rivers stood still, as if time itself paused
Silhouettes crossed lines, through the fog's dense jaws
Through the tears and the rain, beyond the sorrow
Whispered hopes persist, by the morrow

Now the rivers flow, past the shadows of grief
Beneath bridges reborn, life's quilt we weave
From the ashes of conflict, forge a new way
Where the rivers run free, let our memories sway