The Old Beast (for Kyle) (feat. Changes)

From afar we saw it coming But the rest refused to see Same old curse it seemed upon us None would hear Cassandra's plea Though the voice was loud and clear 'Twas the wilderness too vast Steady lies and propaganda brought the fall, the die was cast The low-lives and the rubble Rising up to tip their spear Burn and loot and murder Same old fist, the reds are here Never gone, never forgotten Veiled and hidden for so long Grew as cancer in the world Swayed the youth in ways so wrong They sacrifice the children For their riotous red dawn And crucify the hero That the mob had set upon They're lusting for the blood Of the innocent and free "You shouldn't have your rights fall in line and just agree" Pictures burst the frame Yet their framing will not stop 'Til our heads are firmly placed On their bloody chopping block In view of all the world Trotting out their pervert's views But the ones are vilified Shielding children from abuse Sick and twisted evil From the same old rotten crew They open up the prisons In the end there's nothing new Miscreants as the shock-troops And the comrades in the back The plan was always known And it seems they are on track They sacrifice the children For their riotous red dawn And crucify the hero That the mob had set upon "Let yourself be martyred Or we'll throw away the key" So blatant were their lies We all saw, he tried to flee No matter what's uncovered Still, the wretch they idolize Even built a statue And ignore his victims' cries The toxic coalition And the perfect firestorm Rolled over the world The old beast in a new form Justice, by a thread Held our breath and bit our nails For better men to set it right Where blood had left its trails The avatar of all of us Broke down but never cracked Set free again - was in the right Fought back when they attacked Brought too far - so close this one And the others, they fell down For standing up against the dregs That set ablaze the town Still, they want to come for him Plan death for him and all Who stand against what they believe Who oppose our culture's fall They sacrifice the children For their riotous red dawn And crucify the hero That the mob had set upon The toxic coalition And the perfect firestorm Rolled over the world The old beast in a new form They're lusting for the blood Of the innocent and free "You shouldn't have your rights - fall in line and just agree" No matter how hard they may try To choke, smother and squeeze Enough of us will die upright Than live upon our knees Enough of us will die upright Than live upon our knees Than live upon our knees