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Then Rise

THEN RISE When the plot you sowed you shall receive the lies you told so you shall cleave What you thought you knew becomes naive and you’re the one who’s left deceived When there’s nothing more to hold or grieve so you turn around to leave THEN RISE When what you see ain’t what it seems what you believe deceives just turn around Rise above what is conceived the fight’s a farce lie’s wicked weave to appease false and petty grieves fight a foe that’s make-believe start a war with no reprieve turn around AND RISE above mortal eyes Rise above the battleground Rise above the lost be found Crest upon the soul unbound Soar up to the next sunrise Recognize who you can truly be when the light burns away life’s dead debris turn around AND RISE When the life you create has broken you down and fate has you falling further down a twisted game of self-demise the rules you wrote you can’t revise It all becomes a cruel, cheap disguise haunts the bones when eulogized suffocates the sound of battle cries cause behind the smoke there lies no prize and all is lost on the field of lies so you turn around to leave THEN RISE Rise above the battleground Rise above the lost be found Crest upon the soul unbound Soar up to the next sunrise Recognize who you can truly be when the light burns away life’s dead debris turn around AND RISE

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