Somewhere, Underneath It All

Underneath it all, Rome's noble soldiers stand in nude chagrin

Where fallacy falls into the crumbing cracks to hold court paper thin

And the ancient See of the Pope canonizes holy from unoriginal sin

While the stone-faced moon shines on without a tear save a grin

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Underneath it all, life streams vivid red, covered in silken skin

Beginnings and endings, the bookends, hold our lives in twin

Unaware of cells first flutters or sinister clusters grown within

While the stone-faced moon shines on without a tear save a grin

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Underneath it all, hate grows blind, poised to ignite an old firing pin

Malignant malfeasance suffocates love damned to claim loss a win

War's bitter blood drawn by the tooth of a shark tearing its own fin

While the stone-faced moon shines on without a tear save a grin

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Underneath it all, the winds conspire with heaven in a dance spin

Rising the seas and leveling trees, stoic earth takes it on the chin

As rambunctious rock and roll rains down its beat on a roof of tin

While the stone-faced moon shines on without a tear save a grin

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Underneath it all, faith and hope still stand joined with love akin

Antiquities angels dispel shadows where once darkness has been

Circling chaos on the winds of change a savior's heart lies within

While the stone-faced moon shines on without a tear save a grin

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