Lyric discussion by MetaphoricBullet 

KrillXIII, my god you took that way to literally and should be slapped. Learn what a damn metaphor is and THEN decide what song meanings are.

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

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