I fought in the old revolution
on the side of the ghost and the king.
Of course, I was very young
and I thought we were winning;
I can't pretend to still have much desire to sing
while they carry away the bodies.

In this furnace, I ask you now to venture...

Lately, you've started to stutter
as if you had nothing to say.
For all my architects, let me be a traitor.
Now let me say that I myself gave the order
to sleep and seek and destroy.

In this furnace, I ask you now to venture...

Yes, you who are crushed by power,
you who are absent all day,
you who are kings for the history of your children,
the hand of your beggar is laden with money,
the hand of your lover is clay.

In this furnace, I ask you now to venture...