As It Was Told Lyrics

As It Was Told lyrics

When the walls of the castle come down and the King is nowhere in sight



Take command of the soldiers and be their new leader for the rest of the
night



The fortune is there, it's hidden in the dungeon, take what you find



Of the riches, and the knowledge, and the freedom, and leave the rest there,
behind



As the battle for your kingdom rages on and on, watch your men as they die



And the slaughter of your people subsides, for there's no one left alive



When the smoke blows away and there's nothing left to say, the dead will
arise



And assassinate their leader, who turned and ran away, for leaving them to
die







In the palace, on the street, hidden in everyone you meet



Is a hatred or a love, fighting for the domination of the other's defeat



If the hatred wins, the people kill each other in despair



And the essence of the blood of the battle seeps out and fills the air



If the love wins, the hatred conquered, fleeing in exile



And the children run free, for everyone to see, they're pleased for a while



Everybody's sayin' that the way to get to heaven is to be a good boy, now



But the way to get to heaven is a path that's been faded since the day you were
born