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Don't Be Taken Alive

FEAR TOOK FLIGHT AND THE TERRIFIED CRASHED THE SUN
GOONS WAVED GUNS AND EMBRACED EACH BASE DESIRE
DEAD STILL STEAMING AND THE LAW TRASHED UNDER THE WIRE
 
THE SKY FELL DARK AND THE TRUTH WENT OBSOLETE
COLD BLACK STREET WHERE THE MAN SLIPPED OUT OF OUR SIGHT
SEIZED BY HEATHEN AND HE'S GONE INTO THE TEETH OF THE NIGHT

DON'T BE TAKEN ALIVE
BRAVE SCHEMES DISSOLVE, DREAMS SURVIVE
THE SMASHED FAÇADE, THE KINGDOM OF GOD, ANGELS ARRIVE

DON'T BE TAKEN ALIVE
WE'LL SEAR THE STARS WHEN THE TEARS HAVE DRIED
RACE TO GOD'S SIDE
INFIDELS ON FOR THE RIDE

UNIFORMS LAUGH AT THE RULES, SHOULD WE SUFFER THE FOOLS
HEED NO CREED BUT THE TERROR IS RATIONALIZED
SAVAGES RAVAGE AND BECOME THE VERY THING THEY DESPISE

DON'T BE TAKEN ALIVE
BRAVE SCHEMES DISSOLVE, DREAMS SURVIVE
THE SMASHED FAÇADE, THE KINGDOM OF GOD, ANGELS ARRIVE

DON'T BE TAKEN ALIVE
BURN YOUR NAME IN THE STARS WHEN THE TEARS HAVE DRIED
RACE TO GOD'S SIDE
INFIDELS ON FOR THE RIDE

From the album The New Republic [MET 1325]
Lyrics by Thomas Mark Anthony · © & ® 2023 Metropolis Records