Elegy III: Overcome

Now, they crumble the kingdom
 Tied their hands to their feet
 Burned, bereft of forgiveness
 City a smoldering heap
 From ancient ages to modern times
 These untold atrocities have amassed
 Permeating the ground, the soil soaks their blood
 Nevertheless, this headlong struggle for supremacy
 Persists throughout our violent history
 So, we sing ourselves to sleep
 When the strong overtake the weak
 The cities burn, the bridges bend
 Now we lay our heads to rest
 So, we sing ourselves to sleep
 When the strong overtake the weak
 The cities burn, the bridges bend
 Now we lay our heads to rest
 Now, they crumble the kingdom
 Tied their hands to their feet
 Burned, bereft of forgiveness
 City a smoldering heap
 Powers of new blood
 Now play god with maniacal ease
 They shall enslave all
 Nevertheless, this headlong struggle for supremacy
 Persists throughout our violent history
 Powers unite, joining to extinguish the fight
 Pacifying, undermining
 Some survive; others shall be cast alight
 Into a burning pit of fire
 Immolate; a creed now disintegrates
 Never to be seen again
 Caged, confined; opposition brutalized
 By an unfamiliar dogma
 Petrified; as the wrong now becomes the right
 Persecution of a people
 Some survive; others shall be cast alight
 Into a burning pit of fire
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 Some survive; others shall be cast alight
 Into a burning pit of fire
 Some survive; others shall be cast alight
 Into a burning pit of fire
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 Isolated, wallowing in the shame
 No resurgence
 Preparations for the next war begin
 This cannot be escaped
 The world holds its breath, awaiting death
 Victorious, now the victor sings
 And rewrites the cold facts of history
 To present their greatness to their offspring
 This process cycles continuously
 So, we sing ourselves to sleep
 When the strong overtake the weak
 The cities burn, the bridges bend
 Now we lay our heads to rest
 
 Victorious, now the victor sings
 And rewrites the cold facts of history
 To present their greatness to their offspring
 This process cycles continuously