Assassing Lyrics - Marillion

I am the assassin, with tongue forged from eloquence 

I am the assassin, providing your nemesis 

On the sacrificial altar to success, my friend 

Unleash a stranger from a kiss, my friend 

No incantations of remorse, my friend 

Unsheathe the blade within the voice, my friend 

Who decorates the scarf with the fugi knot 

Who camouflaged emotion in a thousand yard stare 

Who gouged the notches from the family tree 

Who hypnotised the guilt in career rhythm trance 

Assassing, assassing, assassing, assassing 

Listen as the syllables of slaughter cat with calm precision 

Patterned frosty phrases rape your ears and sow the ice incision 

Apocalyptic alphabet casting spell the creed of tempered diction 

Adjectives of annihilation bury the point beyond redemption 

Venomous verbs of ruthless candour plagiarise assassins fervour 

A friend in need is a friend that bleeds 

Let bitter silence infect the wound 

You were a sentimental mercenary in a free fire zone 

Parading a Hollywood conscience 

You were a fashionable objector with a uniform fetish 

Pavlovian slaver at the cash till ring of success 

A non com observer - I assassin the collector - defector 

So you resigned yourself to failure, my friend 

And I emerged the chilling stranger, my friend 

To eradicate the problem, my friend 

Unsheathe the blade within the voice 

I am the assassin 

I am the assassin 

And what do you call assassins who accuse assassins anyway, my friend?