In the end the revolution veers and fades
Power corrupts, no future is built with tools of hate
The march, the cause just another sham
Everything rots in the hands of man
Comrades get slim and few
when they don't meet up when they ain't you

The red hands of reaction and a lack of clarity
caused by the disconnection of belief from all reality
brought on the closing of our minds to hope and purity and
left us hanging from our necks from a bent society

Politically completely free beyond all authority,
we'd still be draped in chains called responsibility
Bound, gagged, and tortured beyond all
amnesty a liberty no man can touch brings on our release

Try any point of view, what we are remains
Our choices and our paths are fewer than they seem
In the end the revolution veers and fades
Only what's eternal will pass thru the flames

Take us away to a place of purity
Does a love for people mean a lack of clarity
about what makes us clean and what brings decay?
Lead us out of this bloody night and show us your way