Downshifter

Stricken, but I will never fall
 There is nothing in this world I fear
 Forsaken, but I will never call
 The ones that want so see me down, forever crawling
 To their feet, forever begging for their noble deeds
 I shall never kiss this crown and there is nothing I regret
 (I always knew this day would come
 Faint premonitions blend into knowledge
 This is the time of new departures)
 So many fists, so many shining eyes
 So many voices shouting out the will to power
 I seek salvation in the distance, leaving the turmoil of this world
 And all my dreams falling silent, I left the lost, so very long ago
 I left the lost, so very long ago
 As masses converging around their towers
 An apodictic certainty arose in me
 That I shall wear this sign forever
 That I shall never kiss this crown, nothing I regret
 I know the apostates, I carry the truth in me
 As new liars invade my riven fatherland
 I seek salvation in the distance, leaving the turmoil of this world
 And all my dreams falling silent, I left the lost, so very long ago
 I left the lost, so very long ago
 Stricken, but I will never fall
 There is nothing in this world I fear
 I see vassals face away from frantic leaders
 Lies of omissions ensnare the changeling
 I see heroes decay, I hear pontiffs betray
 Betray their canon sermonized over ages
 I seek salvation in the distance, leaving the turmoil of this world
 And all my dreams falling silent, I left the lost, so very long ago
 I left the lost
 I left the lost
 I seek salvation in the distance, leaving the turmoil of this world
 And all my dreams falling silent, I left the lost, so very long ago