The Mask Of Anarchy Lyrics - Singles - Savage Messiah

Waging wars of liberty, under a veil of secrecy 

In procession it arrived, one by one and side by side 

To stamp out the sense of will, dead earth upon dead earth we till 

Until in union we praise, thou art god and king and grace 

On a white horse it arrived 

Expressionless like one deprived 

He is anarchy no less 

And on his brow the shadow rests 

Trampling over English land 

Blood of the commoner on hand 

And in the blood swept deluge claim 

The right to govern in its name 

What is slavery you could tell? To tast freedom and taste well 

Yet when its very name has grown a mere echo of its own 

And forced upon this forgery, this life blood of society 

A measure of what you believe, no more value than you see 

It is to be a slave in soul and to hold no strong control 

Over your own wills but be all that others make you see 

And so accept the consequence behind the walls of our defence 

Afraid to see beyond the mask in the final blood stained task 

In the hour of the dark, a cornered hunter bares his mark 

Cast into the abyss, screaming whirlwinds cry sadness 

I cannot see, I cannot feel, only anger rising 

Like a cancer spreading now, lonely life subsiding 

I am frozen emotion gone in the pandemonium 

All is lost all is spent, lost inside and hiding 

Rise like lions after slumber 

In un vanquish able number 

Shake your chains to earth like dew 

Which in sleep had fallen on you 

You are many they are few 

You are many they are few