American Snake Charmer

from When Heroes Fail by Polytheist

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lyrics

American Snake Charmer by Polytheist

Red blood, clouding our sight.
Grasping, blurring the peace we’ve found.
The weight of the world, comes crashing down.
The enemy slithers through our midst,
poisoning those whose eyes are open.
Carelessly we fight for irrelevance,
unbeknownst our coffin nails are driven

This strength, It cannot be ignored, something so profound.
This pressure, pushes to the floor, but cannot hold us down.
Seems the silence screams, no relief, even in dreams.
For more they’ll ask when all is taken, innocence forsaken.

Decapitate the figure head, peace remaining when all are dead.
Deception reigns prevalent, eradicate the malevolent
These eyes that love us, we mustn’t disappoint.
These eyes that judge us, we must never prove right.
These eyes that need us, we must provide.
These eyes that hate us, oh yes we shall fight.

What’s left when the dust settles to the ground?
Stand up, protect our way. Soldiers take the enemy down.
The secrecy penetrates your world,
weakening those who do not see it.
Pointlessly we focus on diversion,
misinformed we vote in their perversion.

This strength, It cannot be ignored, something so profound.
This pressure, pushes to the floor, but cannot hold us down.
Seems the silence screams, no relief, even in dreams.
For more they’ll ask when all is taken, innocence forsaken.

Decapitate the figure head, peace remaining when all are dead.
Deception reigns prevalent, eradicate the malevolent
These eyes that love us, we mustn’t disappoint.
These eyes that judge us, we must never prove right.
These eyes that need us, we must provide.
These eyes that hate us, oh yes we shall fight.

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from When Heroes Fail, released November 10, 2017

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Polytheist Lansdale, Pennsylvania

Polytheist is composed of metal musicians with wildly differing opinions on music. Taking to an inclusive worldly approach of not dismissing any ideas just to fit a genre mold, Polytheist composes alternative progressive metal with elements from all over space and time. The lyrical theme is also an exploration, touching on the impacts of religion, theology, science, spirituality & politics. ... more