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Oratory of hope and glory a whisper and a rhyme
An effigy, a soldier out of time
Citizen and patriot you can't be far behind
The funeral is weighting heavy on your mind

Requiem
Bring the dissident from slumber
Requiem
Raise the rebel from its grave
Requiem
Sound the revolution's thunder
A monumental blunder averted and betrayed

Dig around the cemetery a record of the day
Friends and neighbors in stages of decay
But the saddest thing of all eludes discovery
The stimulus for this somber ceremony

Requiem
Bring the dissident from slumber
Requiem
Raise the rebel from its grave
Requiem
Sound the revolution's thunder
A monumental blunder averted and betrayed

The sanctimonious minions how they grovel at the feet
Authority is populist deceit
Pity yet another casualty's demoralized decline
Just a victim of irrational design

Requiem! Requiem!
Requiem
Bring the dissident from slumber
Requiem
Raise the rebel from its grave
Requiem
Sound the revolution's thunder
A monumental blunder averted and betrayed

Pretending to be devout and righteous

The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner

A likeness of a person; figure, image, picture

A piece of music composed to honor a dead person

One who disagrees or dissents

A very light state of sleep, almost awake

Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also: offended

A loyal servant of another, usually more powerful being

Put forward just because it would be popular

The act or practice of deceiving; concealment or distortion of the truth for the purpose of misleading; duplicity; fraud; cheating

To destroy morale; to dishearten

1. Downward movement, fall
2. A weakening

1. To be prone on the ground
2. To crawl
3. To abase oneself before another person
4. To be nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something

To evade, or escape from someone or something

Something external that influences an activity

Mac Guest Location: Argentina	Quote In my view , this song talks about how all the people stopped questioning like they did before , they hide behind a computer instead of stepping on and say it out loud. They dont get information , just spit out the first thing that others said first and thats why its de Réquiem for the dissent ,'cause the times have changed and the true kind of dissent has passed away in most cases , for that reason we need to raise the rebel from its grave , to make the revolution's thunder sound once again because right now those people are soldiers who are out of time and they need to stand up once again , the ones who were and are, truly dissidents 02/19/2017 at 02:03 In my view , this song talks about how all the people stopped questioning like they did before , they hide behind a computer instead of stepping on and say it out loud. They dont get information , just spit out the first thing that others said first and thats why its de Réquiem for the dissent ,'cause the times have changed and the true kind of dissent has passed away in most cases , for that reason we need to raise the rebel from its grave , to make the revolution's thunder sound once again because right now those people are soldiers who are out of time and they need to stand up once again , the ones who were and are, truly dissidents
Jesse Staff I'm with him Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Posts: 1241	Quote Greg Graffin was asked in an interview what the line "[i]Authority is populist deceit[/i]" actually meant. Graffin's answer was: "The only kind of meaningful authority is that which is granted by the public. The irony of a bad political administration is that they can feign authority by misleading the public through carefully thought-out public relations or propaganda. In an era of bad administration, authority is maintained by deception of the public." 09/14/2009 at 04:25 Greg Graffin was asked in an interview what the line "Authority is populist deceit" actually meant. Graffin's answer was: "The only kind of meaningful authority is that which is granted by the public. The irony of a bad political administration is that they can feign authority by misleading the public through carefully thought-out public relations or propaganda. In an era of bad administration, authority is maintained by deception of the public."
OscarDigitalDude The Devil In Stitches BR Beer Baron Location: Pasadena, CA Status: Offline Posts: 348	Quote It's about punk rock (or any defiant movement) going soft. Thus, we have to "...Raise the rebel from it's grave..." 03/03/2009 at 22:36 It's about punk rock (or any defiant movement) going soft. Thus, we have to "...Raise the rebel from it's grave..."