Othersproof - Dictatorship

We're going up, up, up and up, up, up, up
We're slowly continuing our ascent
On this floor, a very, very important meeting
To decide of the outcome of an entire nation

They were silenced under a dictatorship
Their freedom escaped from their grip
They found their rights all but stripped
With only one idol to worship
The taste of blood on their lips
The hands of God guiding them to sleep

As they were blindfolded
They had a final look at the light unfolding
As their heart rate exploded
They had a final taste of their veins pulsing
Ready to accept defeat
Powerless, all they can do is submit
No more ways to build an opposite
To this destiny-hijacking injustice
Powerless, all they can do is submit
No more ways to build an opposite
To this destiny-hijacking injustice

Have some sympathy for murderers, for murderers
Fetch some water, fetch some water for body burners
Draw some blood for the body healers, body healers
Hit your head hard, hit your head hard for painkillers

Take off the bandage
Now take advantage!
Take off the bandage
Now take advantage!
Of my power shortage
Your only advantage
Take off the bandage
Now take advantage!

They pick up their gods from the gutter
Down which they threw up their guts
Nearly choked on the prayers they uttered
Every last crumb came gushing, gushing out
Empty stomach craving for anything to fill it back

As they were blindfolded
They had a final look at lives unfolding
As their eyelids exploded
They had a final taste of their blood coursing
Through the faithless streets
Now at the hands of a power they can never beat
No more prayers for gods of mercy to meet
Another ideology has taken over the city
Now at the hands of a power they can never beat
No more prayers for gods of mercy to meet
Another ideology has taken over the city

Have some sympathy for murderers, for murderers
Fetch some water, fetch some water for body burners
Draw some blood for the body healers, body healers
Hit your head hard, hit your head hard for painkillers

Take off the bandage
Now take advantage!
Take off the bandage
Now take advantage!
Of my power shortage
Your only advantage
Take off the bandage
Now take advantage!

They knew their value and worth
Would not meet dignity at their hands
Yet they never forgot the humanity they bore
They never forgot that life ends in sacrifice
And although they worked hard to overwrite them
They never did ignore the signs
They had to make room for them in their thoughts
Although the only outcome meant
They still fought and fought and fought and fought

Written by:
Florent Gambarelli

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