Disobedience

This is the throne where hatred keeps
And what is sown is never reaped
This is the blindness that you need
This is the vein on which you feed

Surrender
It's just one twist
I will surrender
My aching wrist
I can't remember
It's never enough
I will surrender
It's never enough

Oh my darling
One for all and all for one
Give me reason
The quest for truth
Give me something
Disobedient yet responsive
To believe in
Out of darkness, there will be light

Close your eyes
Close your eyes

This is the dignity that you felt
This is the gutter where you have knelt

Surrender
It's just one twist
I will surrender
My aching wrist
I can't remember
It's never enough
I will surrender
It's never enough

Oh my darling
(It's a war with no winners)
Give me reason
(When violence hits home)
Give me something
(Ignorance is your religion)
To believe in
(Take this spear and heal thyself)

Close your eyes
Close your eyes

Disobedience
One too many lies
Disobedience
It's the greatest swindle
Disobedience
Everything falls into place
Disobedience
Take these words and feel thyself

This is your wretched, heavin' high
These are the shamed, the damned, the blamed
I can smell the slowly spreadin' stain
Oh, the burden of shame

Oh my darling
Give me reason
Give me something
To believe in