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Wake From Your Sleep

from 2013 Demo by Headless Monarch

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Lyrics adapted from:

Halberstam, David (1965), The Making of a Quagmire, New York: Random House, p. 211.

and

Jacobs, Seth (2006), Cold War Mandarin: Ngo Dinh Diem and the Origins of America's War in Vietnam, 1950–1963, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, p. 147.

lyrics

I was to see that sight again
but once would have been enough
flames came from a human being
human beings burn surprisingly quickly

his body was slowly withering and shriveling
his head blackening and charring
in the air was the smell of burning flesh
as he burned he never moved at all

he burns
he burns himself to death
he becomes a martyr
he burns himself for our requests

he burns
he burns himself to death
he becomes a martyr
he burns himself without regret

behind me I could hear the sobbing
of those who were now gathering
I was too shocked to cry
too confused to ask questions

he never uttered a sound,
his composure stood in sharp contrast
to the wailing people around him
as he burned he never moved at all

he burns
he burns himself to death
he becomes a martyr
he burns himself for our requests

he burns
he burns himself to death
he becomes a martyr
he burns himself without regret

he burns

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from 2013 Demo, released October 14, 2013

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