In tradition of obedience and pain Our tragic destinies unfold We slumber in dreamless waters Forever drowning, fading away I left my brother at the shores of the lake He drowned his youth and flew away Freedom's not an illusion But a man's dread Sold his heart for a delusion Where hope is a dead-end I left my brother at the shores of the lake He drowned his youth and flew away His broken heart left a shadow To color the dread in silence that shallowed Black sun swallows our dreams A serpent in slumber gently it feeds