This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
For too long cast aside, stripped of dignity, opportunity
Countless sleepless days in underestimation
But under these anxious, darkening leaves
No word goes unheard
And no deed is without compensation
When the workers come to collect their wages
Now the straw men are swaying in the distance
The have-nots calling in the listless wind
Whispering for retribution
Waiting for some voice to call them
From the bottom where you left them
So onward friends from our battered homes
Forward to the onrush of cast stones, crushed bones
And the gallows
Countless sleepless days in underestimation
But under these anxious, darkening leaves
No word goes unheard
And no deed is without compensation
When the workers come to collect their wages
Now the straw men are swaying in the distance
The have-nots calling in the listless wind
Whispering for retribution
Waiting for some voice to call them
From the bottom where you left them
So onward friends from our battered homes
Forward to the onrush of cast stones, crushed bones
And the gallows
Lyrics submitted by dceffex
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Emperor = Prince of this World Prince of this World = Satan
"For too long cast aside, stripped of dignity, opportunity Countless sleepless days in underestimation" = Where he left us
"No word goes unheard And no deed is without compensation When the workers come to collect their wages" = That he will recive what he deserves, in time
"Now the straw men are swaying in the distance The have-nots calling in the listless wind Whispering for retribution Waiting for some voice to call them From the bottom where you left them" = People looking for a Hero, but are yet to kno them. "Straw Men," they have hard exteriors yet hollow interiors. Being that Satan is a "truthless hero," he left them with a false hope and they need to have a real Hero, god.
So onward friends from our battered homes Forward to the onrush of cast stones, crushed bones And the gallows = Schwab's "call to action", an Anarchy againt the king. They go from their desolated lands, across their broken dreams and to the Gallows...
Gallows = A place to Hang someone, like the emperor This is obviously a prelude to Solace