To Suffer Quietly

Standing in the hall with his sword and his shield Trying to recall his glory in the field He sees that peace is not all it is said to be And he's learning now to suffer quietly Friendship, sweat n' blood, there was a mortal fear It was brotherly love and without a single tear Oh, the angel of death you could hear her wings Right now there seems to be no real need for anything I could wish nothing more vile on my closest enemy Than to turn back, recover his tracks and to suffer quietly Slave to the mundane such as no other animal Deluded he lays claim to the incompatible Haunted by the facts, confronted in his shame It's a life on the run through a carnival of pain Coerced by the wily fools that he must serve Do harm unto your neighbor, plunder the earth N' With no other option than to guard his patch And Orpheus , he gave word there's no looking back There is no comfort to be found in abject misery n' Forever is a very long time to while away cowardly I could wish nothing more vile on my closest enemy Than to turn back, recover his tracks and to suffer quietly