Every thief is made familiar
when castes draw us into lines
we have no pity left for such ranks
haven't pity for ourselves
two echos never in repose
From common earth to common grave
All lives will be slaves to other slaves
or caged and indebted to themselves
As together they had fallen
so together they will lie
a toast to the weak
mutes their defeat
while trampled underneath the feet of
an ever restless mob
is the ever restless mob
From common earth to common grave
Kneaded like clay with their own blood
into forms they won't know
while living tethered to stagnant homes
that were handed down
As together they had fallen to their fears
so together they will lie
sewn together by their fate
til death we're enslaved
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