Downshifter

Stricken, but I will never fall

There is nothing in this world I fear

Forsaken, but I will never call

The ones that want to see me down, forever crawling

To their feet, forever begging for their noble deeds

I shall never kiss this crown

And there is nothing I regret

(I always knew this day would come

Faint premonitions blend into knowledge

This is the time of new departures)

So many fists, so many shining eyes

So many voices shouting out the will to power

I seek salvation in the distance

Leaving the turmoil of this world

And all my demons falling silent

I left the lost, so very long ago

I left the lost, so very long ago

As masses converging around their towers

An apodictic certainty arose in me

That I shall wear this sign forever

That I shall never kiss this crown, nothing I regret

I know the apostates, I carry the truth in me

As new liars invade my riven fatherland

I seek salvation in the distance

Leaving the turmoil of this world

And all my demons falling silent

I left the lost, so very long ago

I left the lost, so very long ago.

Stricken, but I will never fall

There is nothing in this world I fear

I see vassals face away from frantic leaders

Lies of omission ensnare the changeling

I see heroes decay, I hear pontiffs betray

Betray their canon sermonized over ages

I seek salvation in the distance

Leaving the turmoil of this world

And all my demons falling silent

I left the lost, so very long ago

I left the lost

I left the lost

I seek salvation in the distance (I left the lost)

Leaving the turmoil of this world (I left the lost)

And all my demons falling silent (I left the lost)

I left the lost, so very long ago