Woe To The People Of Order Cifras

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Oh violence does call me, I’ve answered before
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I’d made many enemies, I’d settled my scores
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But I did grow weary and I settled down
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And proudly bore the weight of my crown
 
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I lived on my lonesome away in the far
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Where there was no violence to trouble my heart
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I’d hung up my sword and I’d raised up my hoe
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And lied as I said that I never would go
 
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But came a cry from a man that I’d known
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Someone to whom rarе compassion I’d shown
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And so I opened up my door
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To the man who promisеd me blood and war
 
[Chorus]
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Oh, Woe to thee, ye people of order
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I hope your homes continue to smolder
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And that you never rise again
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And leave me be and leave my friends
 
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I followed him far to a distant land
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Where he had been exiled by one single man
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His horns they were wicked, his power was great
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And you looked in his eyes and were swallowed by hate
 
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He took me to shelter, his humble abode
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A pitiful cavern his comrades called home
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He handed me bedding and bid me adieu
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And I sat and pondered on what I should do
 
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For I craved violence, I crave to be free
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From the people who wish to control me
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Yes I believe in anarchy’s rein
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I know that dictators only bring pain
 
[Chorus]
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Oh, Woe to thee, ye people of order
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I hope your homes continue to smolder
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And that you never rise again
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And leave me be and leave my friends
 
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I prepared for battle, I hoarded and schemed
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But I did not know all was not what it seemed
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My allies unstable, their loyalty thin
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Yes we would have victory but what would we win?
 
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The battle was chaos, blood roared in my ears
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A chain of explosions, they looked up with fear
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They set up a leader and shouted hoorays
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And I shuddered and realized that I’d been betrayed
 
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“Is this what you want, corruption and power?
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“Well I won’t stand for it, this is my hour!
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“Now I release my beasts upon thee!”
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And I laughed in pain as I watched them all flee
 
[Chorus]
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Oh, Woe to thee, ye people of order
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I hope your homes continue to smolder
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And that you never rise again
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And woe to those who called me a friend
 
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I fled until silence was all I could hear
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The voices once screaming now hummed in my ears
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The cold it was lonely but I was alone
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And I promised that I’d not let blood taint my home
 
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But then came a message from my only friend
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“Oh warrior hide, or else this is the end
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“They’ve bound up my wings and they hunt for your head
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“They promised me justice but they’ll see you dead”
 
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They came to me with an armed battalion
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Held an ax to my innocent stallion
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And said “Now it is your turn to bow!
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“See how the king has fallen now?”
 
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They raised an anvil and laid me below
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They thought to crush me painful and slow
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But I did live, and I did flee
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And I put my pick through the butcher’s teeth
 
[Chorus]
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Oh, Woe to thee, ye people of order
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I hope your homes continue to smolder
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And that you never rise again
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And woe to those who called me a friend
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