[Lyric] The Masquerade Part I: Arrival (Pillars of Autumn)

Silence
Bear witness to creation
Of a new world order
Purge yourself of your fragile virtues
Be steeped in the sludge of conformity

Embrace the stench of your primal desires

Wear this masque of a new generation, every ounce of your Will shall be broken
You goddamn fools have squandered your time
Unimagined in your feeble minds

We’ll watch you burn in the fires
Self-destruction is your only salvation
Wretched demons descend to feed on the free willed
And innocent
The Masques have come to enslave

You will be saved by the Masquerade
She walks this path and serpents she’ll adorn
The thorns grow sharp as the hand draws near
Fear envelopes your withering body
Crippling your soul as your purpose becomes clear

You’re nothing but a fucking puppet
A flesh covered marionette

You shall be saved by The Masquerade
Be one with us and you shall be reborn

Don’t relinquish yourself to the ancients, these wolves in sheep’s clothing
Do not be deceived by the conductors of this hell bound symphony

Hell bound symphony