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Cenotaph Lyrics
Alone you stand - The final parody
Destined to silence - A memorial to mortality
Carved in stone - A tribute to the dead
For nameless victims - Whose litany is unread
Never forgotten - Wars memory lingers on
A dark reminder - To mankind's oblivion
This solemn image - Constructed with resolution
A monument - To wars terminal conclusion
Cenotaph
Destined to silence - A memorial to mortality
For nameless victims - Whose litany is unread
A dark reminder - To mankind's oblivion
A monument - To wars terminal conclusion
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A cenotaph is a tomb or a monument erected in honour of a person or group of persons whose remains are elsewhere. It can also be the initial tomb for a person who has since been interred elsewhere. The word derives from the Greek κενοτάϕιον (kenos, one meaning being "empty", and taphos, "tomb"). Although the vast majority of cenotaphs are erected in honour of individuals, many of the best-known cenotaphs are instead dedicated to the memories of groups of individuals, such as the war dead of one country or empire