Tyranny

I know what you are You’re an actor, performer Painting yourself in the white light Detested the wretched Distance yourself from the low-life When doing right’s not right enough You flex your heart or you’re giving up The high ground to me We say we want to wait to blame But I don’t think we do We’re all afraid to be the one who’s Late to choose the greater truth, and We say we want to be the changе Then we throw them to thе wolves to feel When all is done, we’re in the right The side of history You know, they won’t grow So bathe in your light Dismiss that there might be a dissent Hold truths we deem self-evident (Don’t let it go) Be oh so right to stay above it Above where I am for the ground we covet (Don’t give it up to me) We say we want to wait to blame But I don’t think we do We’re all afraid to be the one who’s Last to choose the vaster truth, and We say we want to be the change Then we throw them to the wolves again We’re right, we’re always right, we swear we’re right It’s tyranny Flaunting your righteousness Cast a foe to frame against you Have you nothing more to give? Lauded you call them out No favor you reap to call them in Lacerated, we betray our kind Chances lost to guide them To right them Throw them to the wolves to feed Not planting the seeds নিস্পৃহ, আমার এ শরীরে এত আলো, অযাচিত, কে জ্বালালো? নিস্পন্দ, অবসন্ন বিষণ্ণতা আমায় ঘিরে থাকে অনাহুত চিৎকার! নিস্পৃহ, আমার এ শরীরে অভিশপ্ত নিস্পৃহ, আমার এ শরীরে কত স্বপ্ন! অপূর্ণতার শৃঙ্খল, ভেঙে দাও! Detached from this form of mine Who, unsought, kindled all these lights? Mute, depleted sorrow Surrounding me Unbidden screams! Detached from this form of mine Ill-fated Detached from this form of mine So many dreams! Shackled to incompleteness— Break away