The Rules of the Caste
What ideology is worth a life
A child, a lover, a husband or wife
Yet power holds fast to the reins of the past
Peace relinquishes to the rule of the caste
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No mercy cut with a surgeon's knife
Slowly, cruelty heightens the strife
Darkness hides in a mask the light recast
Yet, peace surrenders to the rule of the caste
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Rouge the lie that colors the lip
Where purity flies on a poisonous tip
And the Khmer's hand takes control of the mast
Peace surrenders to the rule of the caste
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What purpose sets sail to death's cargo ship
What evil wind chokes innocence in its grip
Where bad turns good into glass
And peace surrenders to the rule of the caste
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The final stand on a one-way trip
Naked, without a bargaining chip
Unwilling truths bared at long last
Peace holds court the sins of the caste
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