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The Shroud and Hope

V6

​[Musical Introduction] ​[Verse 1] You oppressors and highway thieves, You vile dictators and murderers, You spread hatred, fear, and violence, Drowning the world in grief and suffering. You spilled the blood of the innocent, You sowed shame, seeds of mistrust, And condemned every voice to silence. ​And then, as if that were not enough, As if ignominy were a rightful law, You pushed your cruelty even further. You soiled and gagged our last hope, The final rampart before the grave. ​[Chorus] But deep in the earth where voices sleep, Their cry for freedom will never fade! Beneath the silence imposed by steel, Their memory burns, a fierce, blazing fire. You cannot muzzle the innocent soul, Their immortal echo echoes through time! ​[Verse 2] And then there was you, all the innocent, The oppressed, the crushed across the world. You were proud, standing on the edge of freedom, And for a ultimate sentence, In a sudden moment of decay, Without a shadow of mercy, You were sacrificed, For speaking out too loud, For crying out in the name of liberty. ​The public had every reason To shout higher, stronger than before, In the name of sacred freedom. So, one by one, you fell, And wrapped inside her snow-white shroud, Death carried you all away. ​[Chorus] But deep in the earth where voices sleep, Their cry for freedom will never fade! Beneath the silence imposed by steel, Their memory burns, a fierce, blazing fire. You cannot muzzle the innocent soul, Their immortal echo echoes through time! ​[Verse 3] Now condemned to eternal silence, All the oppressed of earth and sky. To the four corners of the wind, How many fell as quiet heroes? Innocent, bruised, and broken, Never again will you walk free, Just a few fading lines in history books... ​[Outro] But those few lines... Are carved in stone forever. ​[Sudden Cello Cut - Silence]