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(G)I
finally (C)broke into the (G)prison,
(D)I found my place in the (G)chain.
(C)Even damnation is (G)poisoned
with (C)rainbows,
(G)All the brave young men they're waiting
now to see a (C)signal
Which some (Amin)killer will be lighting
for (D)pay.
(C)Into
this furnace I (G)ask you now to (C)venture,
(G)You whom I (D)cannot
be(G)tray.
I fought
in the old revolution on the side of the ghost and the King.
Of course I was very young and I thought that we were winning;
I can't pretend I still feel very much like singing
as they carry the bodies away.
Into this furnace
I ask you now to venture,
You whom I cannot betray.
Lately you've started
to stutter as though you had nothing to say.
To all of my architects let me be traitor.
Now let me say I myself gave the order
to sleep and to search and to destroy.
Into this furnace
I ask you now to venture,
You whom I cannot betray.
Yes, you who are
broken by power, you who are absent all day,
you who are kings for the sake of your children's story,
the hand of your beggar is burdened down with money,
the hand of your lover is clay.
Into this furnace
I ask you now to venture,
You whom I cannot betray.
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