Tatters Of The King

from The Yellow Sign by Within The Giant

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Built a life of lies
Oppressing those you serve
Caring only for yourself
Justify the murders
In secret wars eternal
Profit from the chaos void
Darkly hidden shames
You pander in the names
And bow before the icon you create
Pulling on the strings
Stopping progress,
Change means losing power over life

Upon throne that's bleeding
Within a twisted mind
Inside a black heart beating
Under wicked sky
Buried gods and masters
In dirges that we sing
There forever flapping
Tatters of the King

Construct a monument
To your own excess
Ivory tower beaming lying smiles
Built your holy empire
On the backs of peasants
Who sell their souls to last another day
Bathing in the glory
From the sweat and blood
Of ants who have nothing left to give
Seeing only green
A piece in the machine
Forget the lives behind the working parts

Hide behind the Book
You never understood
Feel the hollow silence in your prayers
Twist the word of God
Into weapons to defeat
The exiles seeking only peace
Feel the holy light
While taking from the tithe
To build a mansion to better praise yourself
Threaten hidden devils
Looking in the mirror
Do you hear the Savior's voice again

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from The Yellow Sign, released April 17, 2015

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