Undying - As Above lyrics

As she chokes on the lies of the fathers And their lust to degrade and enslave How long must we wait in the silence? While these quiet atrocities build Condemned by their faith to honor, obey In this nightmare of dreams unfulfilled To walk in the shadow of violence Through the visions and words that surround Taught by these lies that dehumanize And debase and degrade as she drowns And the words that we speak offer justice While the crimes of the sons cast aside Beneath the weights as she suffocates In this curse of the flesh we divide Devoured by eyes without mercy Stripped of her worth by their fear The rituals of hate and beauty betrayed Surrendered to sorrow and tears Each silent shame endured in disgrace does deliver us unto this hell May the world be her witness, to hymns of the fathers she fell (and the dance of the dead in this hell...) Never to rise from the silence So deliver us up from ourselves The world be our witness To a new day of freedom The lies of this culture, The bonds of oppression... revealed The night falls fast so shut your eyes In this reign of hearts enslaved...we die We're offered up body and soul And nameless violations untold In the hours adrift in despair Your whispering cold embrace As Eve crowned in sorrow laid bare Breathes suffering like sacrifice And each breath of shame And each stare degrades For every word borne in disgrace In this culture of hate When defiance is all that remains