Author & Punisher - Apparition Lyrics

(Emblem of a Brighter Youth)

The race for the backward

Power in the wrong few

The fumes from the world war

The clouds in the room

Systematic hunger

Emblem of a brighter youth

Overwhelming numbers

Killing without proof

They predicted a sensation

An Apparition of a predatory few

Voice of innovation

To halt unrelenting doom

Impossible situation

Impossible room

We fought off sedation

The lure of dystopian ruse

They pushed our imagination

There was nothing to lose

A planet with a blackened heart

A condition of a passive nature

Sedition only went so far

Patient with a failing root

System with a crooked start

A future lacking any patience

Afraid of what you really are

But does anybody choose

Can't ask us to settle now

Afraid of what we're made of

Afraid of what we are

Afraid of what we'll lose

Don't ask us to settle now

I'm afraid of where we're going

I'm afraid of what will be

Afraid of what we'll lose