The old Revolution
Leonard Cohen
I final-ly broke in-to pri-son, Ifound my place in the chain. E-ven- dam-nat-ion is pois-oned-with rain-bows, All the brave young men. they're wait-ing now to see a sig-nal wich some kil-ler - will be light-ing for pay. Into this furnace I ask you now to ven-ture, you whom I can-not be-tray. I fought in the old revolution on the side of the ghost and the King. Of course I was very young and I thought that we were winning; I can't pretend I still feel very much like singing as they carry the bodies away. Into this furnace I ask you now to venture, you whom I cannot betray. Lately you've started to stutter as though you had nothing to say. To all of my architects let me be traitor. Now let me say I myself gave the order to sleep and to search and to destroy. Into this furnace I ask you now to venture, you whom I cannot betray. Yes, you who are broken by power, you who are absent all day, you who are kings for the sake of your children's story, the hand of your beggar is burdened down with money, the hand of your lover is clay. Into this furnace I ask you now to venture, you whom I cannot betray.