[TEXT:] [E] [A] [E] (1) I finally broke into the prison [B] [E] [E7] I found my place in the chain [A] [E] [Ami] Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows [E] All the brave young men [G#] [C#mi] They're waiting now to see a signal [A] [F#] [B] [B7] Which some killer will be lighting for pay [A] [E] [Ami] (R) Into this furnace I ask you now to venture [E] [B7] [A] [A E] You whom I cannot betray [E] [A] [E] (2) I fought in the old revolution [B] [E] [E7] On the side of the ghost and the King [A] [E] [Ami] Of course I was very young and I thought that we were winning [E] I can't pretend [G#] [C#mi] I still feel very much like singing [A] [F#] [B] [B7] As they carry the bodies away [E] [A] [E] (3) Lately you've started to stutter [B] [E] [E7] As though you had nothing to say [A] [E] [Ami] To all of my architects let me be traitor [E] Now let me say [G#] [C#mi] I myself gave the order [A] [F#] [B] [B7] To sleep and to search and to destroy [E] [A] [E] (4) Yes, you who are broken by power [B] [E] [E7] You who are absent all day [A] [E] [Ami] You who are kings for the sake of your children's story [E] The hand of your beggar [G#] [C#mi] Is burdened down with money [A] [F#] [B] [B7] The hand of your lover is clay

The old revolution

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08. 11. 2026