Lies but never a liar
Takes but never a thief
Leaves with only a cross to bear
What it gives is yours to keep

Strange persuasion
Clearing the way to the clearest path
Dreams illuminating
Parting the seas to take it back

It won't remember so it won't forget
It knows no justice or regrets for the blood it lets

Believing nothing, it knows no pain
And it feels no remorse when it enters your brain

The shell and the powder never ask why
When the hammer is down it doesn't know who

Strange persuasion
Clearing the way to the clearest path
Dreams illuminating
Parting the seas to take it back

The slightest hand is moving minds
I'm gonna tear it all down before I die

The one I loved is the one I see
And what I'd give is not enough to bring her back to me