"Let there be lies," and so there was truth.
Relentlessly seize The silver tongue of the youth.
'Cause what we perceive is what we believe Condemn, forsake Floundering eyes and all we despise Now ties up and dies on the stake.
Last we danced this reprise Sixteen ninety-two and still have not learnt All the truth we compromise Cannot be burnt For it is free of our lungs and free of our tongues And some things are worth More than the integrity of verity —more than the Earth.
As it happens, the truth was fake But it matters not that we deceive.
Like the truth, I want to leave This body, this soul—for how do you separate You whom they forsake from You whom they sentence?
Like the truth, I want to leave This body, this soul—for how do you separate You whom they forsake from You whom they sentence? And as you purge in the fire How do you liberate You who is right from You whom repentance has broken?
For I am the Liar who has spoken not a word against La Luz.