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VERSE 1:

The chosen few of this new Empire

Command you all to fall in line.

Those ancient faiths deemed old & futile,

Doomed to fall to their grand design.

Remake the world in their own image -

A vanity we cannot afford.

Once the envy of every nation

Through their foul hands become abhorred.

PRE CHORUS:

Withering within the flames of liberty.

All hope torn asunder - watch as children bleed.

CHORUS:

In their lust for power, fools continue to

Preach this dogma ... (again) ... Preach this dogma.

Mindless sheep now follow to the slaughterhouse.

VERSE 2:

A government once for the people

The punishment for your apathy.

A new found icon of religion,

A shrine you build to the sin of greed.

We hear the masses chant the mantra

Like acolytes to the pulpit drawn;

The power of your propaganda -

An echo of a world long gone.

REPEAT PRE CHORUS

CHORUS 2:

In their lust for power, fools continue to

Preach this dogma ... (again) ... Preach this dogma.

Mindless sheep now follow to the slaughterhouse.

Die for dogma ... such dishonour!

VERSE 3:

A nation built upon forced labour,

Yet claims belief in equality,

Can be no Eden for the future -

No bastion of morality.

Blood that soaks the path to freedom

Pours from your homeland's gaping sores.

This "crusade" that you have started

Is but the first of your "holy" wars.

REPEAT PRE CHORUS & CHORUS