Spoils  Of  The  Sycophant  -  Skinless

Being  irrefutable

A  notion  that  the  role  of  a  conquering  despot  cannot  be  obscured  by  a

Morbid  fascination  with  war

Confessions  gained  under  the  pillory

And  the  sequence  of  events  leading  up  to  the  end  of  everything

Collectively  abandon  what  was  seen  and  believed

Cultivate  deliberate  illusions

Keep  them  all  in  line

The  slate  of  history  is  wiped  clean  of  its  blemishes

Scars  so  deep  they  must  be  burned  to  remove

With  no  more  past,  there's  no  mistakes  to  repeat

Only  the  purity  of  fresh  disaster

Victors  are  the  victims  in  this  gruesome  display

As  fates  are  sealed  through  the  strokes  of  pens

All  through  the  streets  the  people  dance  in  revelry

Although  to  me  their  songs  of  celebration

Sound  like  cries  to  mourn  the  dead

Spoils  of  the  sycophant  through  deviance  rise  through  the  ranks

Too  bleak  and  obscene  to  be  a  thrall

Spoils  of  the  sycophant

Spoils  of  the  sycophant

Their  voices  so  quick  to  fade

My  echo  will  forever  remain

Their  voices  so  quick  to  fade

My  echo  will  forever  remain

Confessions  gained  under  the  pillory

Are  the  sequence  of  events  leading  up  to  the  end  of  everything

Collectively  abandon  what  was  seen  and  believed

Cultivate  deliberate  illusions

Keep  them  all  in  line

Recognize  the  impact  of  power  ephemeral

I  feel  a  pity  that  is  quickly  repressed

Man  becomes  ruins

Ruins  become  sand

Sand  washes  away