Affiance - For Power lyrics

What shield guards the heart is not estranged to hate. What armor shields the arms that aren't ashamed to take. Once you let greed inside you push virtue aside. Cause everything has a price and there is nothing they can't buy. Still you raise your cup and drink to the blood on the market. And if a beast shows his teeth, he will feast on the weak. Clever men hack at the trunk with brides and ploys. To sever men at the stem, to destroy them. Still you raise your cup and drink to the blood on the market. And if a beast shows his teeth, he will feast on the weak. Your charade is a patriot's campaign. You distract men with crusades. You persuade us with parades. Only war is your gain. You were supposed to lead us. Why did you lead us astray? Was this in your design, to lead us to the ma** grave?