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Semblance Of Liberty Lyrics
Born to fight, and we're born to flee
Doomed to live on ecstasy
Born to lie, and we're born to cheat
Look in the mirror, who do you see?
Born to flee, and we're born to fight
Without your mask, you're terrified
Don't hide your personality
That's who you are, your identity
If the virtues of tomorrow
Cause the greed of today
We won't have a future
Nor liberty
Born to breathe, and we're born to pursue
That's all we are supposed to do
The semblance of our liberty
Is nothing more than slavery
Born to flee, and we're born to fight
Is it failure that's our delight?
Born to cheat, and we're born to lie
Look at yourself, have you lost your mind?
If the virtues of tomorrow
Cause the greed of today
We won't have a future
And no more liberty
If the virtues of tomorrow
Set the need on the way
We won't have a future nor liberty
Private vice leads to public virtue
[Laughs!]
Raised to think that we are free
Living in our caves
Being slaves
We lost control of our lives
At the mercy of the waves
Massive waves
Blind to see what's going on
Conditioned as we are
And we are
We lost control of our greed
But now we face it all
Face our fall
Keeping all that we've created
And consuming all that's possible
Reaching deep into temptation
Nothing can stop us
Guarantee our hard-earned profits
Multiplied ten-fold if possible
Reaching out for new redemption
Nothing avails our needs
"My opponent won't rule out raising taxes.
But I will, and The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no.
And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say to them:
Read my lips."
[George H. W. Bush]
If the virtues of tomorrow
Curse the greed of today,
We won't have a future
And no more liberty.
If the fails of tomorrow
Set the need on the way,
We never had a future anyway.
We had no future 'till today.
Time and tide
Will not wait for anyone
Doomed to live on ecstasy
Born to lie, and we're born to cheat
Look in the mirror, who do you see?
Without your mask, you're terrified
Don't hide your personality
That's who you are, your identity
Cause the greed of today
We won't have a future
Nor liberty
That's all we are supposed to do
The semblance of our liberty
Is nothing more than slavery
Is it failure that's our delight?
Born to cheat, and we're born to lie
Look at yourself, have you lost your mind?
Cause the greed of today
We won't have a future
And no more liberty
Set the need on the way
We won't have a future nor liberty
Living in our caves
Being slaves
At the mercy of the waves
Massive waves
Conditioned as we are
And we are
But now we face it all
Face our fall
And consuming all that's possible
Reaching deep into temptation
Nothing can stop us
Multiplied ten-fold if possible
Reaching out for new redemption
Nothing avails our needs
But I will, and The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no.
And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say to them:
Read my lips."
[George H. W. Bush]
Curse the greed of today,
We won't have a future
And no more liberty.
Set the need on the way,
We never had a future anyway.
We had no future 'till today.
Will not wait for anyone
No comments on this song!? This one is one of my favorites off Design Your Universe. The sound is so much heavier than their past albums, i cannot get enough of it! Espeacilly this song with how it's mostly the grunts and screamed lyrics which made the meaning seem much more apparent.It is so true. If the virtues of tomorrow Cause the greed of today... We won't have a future And no more liberty." I love those lines and it explains the whole song. Pretty much the meaning of this is our greed for more of everything will never truly be satisfied and it is just controlling and consuming us. Another brilliant Epica song. (:
I completly agree, it's amazing and I love it