
Fascism is coming (Duet - Symphonic Rock Version)
[Intro: slow heavy riff, double basses, brass swell, no vocals] [Verse 1] [Male Vocal] I have seen the streets on fire, I have seen the shelves run dry I have buried honest neighbors who had no time to say goodbye You call it chains, I call it walls that finally hold the night Order isn't cruelty, woman, order is the light [Verse 2] [Female Vocal] I have seen the walls you built, I have heard what they contain A silence in the schoolyard, and a fear in every name You call it light, I call it a lamp that blinds the eyes Peace that needs a gag to stay is nothing but a disguise [Chorus] [Male Vocal] I believe, I believe in the hand that holds us still [Female Vocal] I believe, I believe in the voice that holds us free [Male Vocal] I will carry all the blame so the children sleep in peace [Female Vocal] I will carry all the doubt so the children dare to speak [Verse 3] [Male Vocal] Parliaments that bicker while the harvest rots in the field Freedom is a luxury for the ones who never starve I traded a few voices for a country that works Tell me, who has ever eaten from a speech? [Verse 4] [Female Vocal] And who decides which voices are the few? Today it's them, tomorrow it is you A clumsy vote can fix the mess it makes Your perfect order only breaks And never can admit it breaks [Bridge: orchestra drops to strings and a single guitar, both voices close and tense] [Male Vocal] You'll thank me when your daughter walks home safe [Female Vocal] You'll curse me when she's afraid to say her name [Male Vocal] I'm not your enemy [Female Vocal] Neither am I yours, and still we can't agree [Instrumental Break: full orchestra and heavy riff, suspense, tension rising, no vocals] [Final Chorus] [Male Vocal] I believe, I believe, in the order that I know [Female Vocal] I believe, I believe, in the freedom that I owe [Male Vocal] I will save you, I will save you, even if you hate me for it [Female Vocal] I will save you, I will save you, even if you never see it [Outro: orchestra collapses into a low unresolved drone, no victory, no resolution, fades to silence]

