As Above

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