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It takes a lifetime to undo

The stain of a single voice

Honey in an open wound

Thick black flies to feast on your poison

Rebel thrown from his nag

Face down and drowned in the shallows

Whose blood dyed your flag?

Whose hands paved the road to the gallows?

It’s all been seen before

Righteous for the wrong horde

Wretched pretenders to the throne

Crowns set with rhinestones

Fortify the wood and brass

Blunt blades broken by the whetstone

Gaping mouths stuffed with glass

Battle cries cut down to the jawbone

Who built these fragile things?

Throw your body on the gears, there’s evil in the carbon

Rolled stones and waxen wings

Long ago, we made our bargain

It’s all been seen before

Righteous for the wrong horde

Wretched pretenders to the throne

Crowns set with rhinestones

It’s all been said before

We’re pilgrims on a strange shore

Wretched pretenders to the throne

Says so on our headstones

Agents and sages

Speak the truth to the horde, thank the lord, thank the lord

This vessel’s sailing

Making haste from the shore, thank the lord, thank the lord

There’s room for one more

All aboard, all aboard

There’s room for one more

All aboard, all aboard

There’s room for one more

All aboard, all aboard