The Lie

You've been denying it for years These are deep-seated fears It's not acceptance It's not inclusion It's collusion It's the lie It's there for all to see Implicit supremacy Why to hide it? Why deny it? Why the long face? Why the lie? If you're invited to a table That you build with your own hands It's not a bridge It's not inclusive It's exclusion It's the lie There's a serpent round the legs And its eyes your throat Feel it moving Feel it rising Feel the coldness Feel the lie If you decide your destiny And control identity You'll see the tightening Feel the grip Here it comes It's the lie Its the warped reality At the heart of the country It's the decay It's the wreckage It's the damage It's the lie The foundations are all rotten And the termites caused destruction The walls are caving The roof is failing It's coming down It's all a lie Somewhere in the wreckage In the rubble of the righteous Are the honest Are the real Is the pure Is the truth There's a reckoning to come When the sorting will be done Without derision Without division Without the hatred Without the lie The kiln is fired up Rage is burning hot Forge again In the fires In the flames Beat out the lie Build it for the third time Rising from the ashes Hope's renewed Hope's revived Hope's reborn Without the lie