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As she chokes on the lies of the fathers |
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And their lust to degrade and enslave |
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How long must we wait in the silence? |
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While these quiet atrocities build |
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Condemned by their faith to honor, obey |
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In this nightmare of dreams unfulfilled |
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To walk in the shadow of violence |
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Through the visions and words that surround |
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Taught by these lies that dehumanize |
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And debase and degrade as she drowns |
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And the words that we speak offer justice |
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While the crimes of the sons cast aside |
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Beneath the weights as she suffocates |
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In this curse of the flesh we divide |
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Devoured by eyes without mercy |
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Stripped of her worth by their fear |
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The rituals of hate and beauty betrayed |
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Surrendered to sorrow and tears |
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Each silent shame endured in disgrace does deliver us unto this hell |
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May the world be her witness, to hymns of the fathers she fell |
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(and the dance of the dead in this hell...) |
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Never to rise from the silence |
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So deliver us up from ourselves |
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The world be our witness |
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To a new day of freedom |
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The lies of this culture, |
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The bonds of oppression... revealed |
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The night falls fast so shut your eyes |
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In this reign of hearts enslaved...we die |
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We're offered up body and soul |
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And nameless violations untold |
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In the hours adrift in despair |
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Your whispering cold embrace |
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As Eve crowned in sorrow laid bare |
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Breathes suffering like sacrifice |
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And each breath of shame |
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And each stare degrades |
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For every word borne in disgrace |
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In this culture of hate |
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When defiance is all that remains |
