Rome - The Consolation of Man lyrics

Why should we disguise in order to conceal? Why then try to hide a wound that shall not heal? They swore to take us to their lands Where milk-white blossoms float And then they swore to always die in splendour So let us hear the wild songs they sing And let us feel the wild joys they bring And we shall than disguise in order to reveal And we shall swear tonight to never yield To never give in, to never falter To never yield or cry for quarter When old men dream up wars for us to fight in When old men dream up wars for us to die in I don't want to hurt you but I must, I must