Lyrics Exile - Light This City

Exile

When you gaze into your polished metal plates
You picture the face of a man who longs to see his soul
But claws are claws
Whether sharpened or painted or blunted
From hours of bounding
One-track-minded, through the snow
I have arrived
An exile too inferior for your highness to fight
Armored
Not humored
And prepared to seize your life
The prisoner I came to rescue sits down to watch the fight
With tears in her eyes
Who knew a tongue could do so much harm
Lying in one’s mouth
Dancing to music that wasn’t really there
Muttering about moments we never even shared
Your twisted jaw moves
But you’ve lost all sound
How soon till your breath runs out
When the others gaze into your polished eyes
As glassy as the doll’s you hold to represent your soul
They witness the face of an animal acting like a man
In their confusion, you dressed them in sashes and perfume
But the stench seeps through
I long to scream
My country
This is not how we were supposed to live
And with each mortifying blow
I’m fading rapidly
Get up
I hear that faithful onlooker plead
She won’t insult me by looking away
When I start to bleed
Who knew a tongue could do so much harm
Lying in one’s mouth
Dancing to music that wasn’t really there
Muttering about moments we never even shared
Your twisted jaw moves
But you’ve lost all sound
How soon till your breath runs out
One leap
One strike
And the metal snaps away from your face
That chattering jaw comes unhinged
And your insincere tongue hangs down from your neck
I plunge through the ribs and grasp the steaming
Slippery heart
It slides down my throat and I am king again
Tear down these garish walls and let the prisoners free
Throw their gaudy stones out to the sea
Rip these dolls limb from limb
Claws proudly unsheathed
Our souls were never meant to be seen