Bring the dissident from slumber
Requiem, requiem, requiem
A monumental blunder averted and betrayed
The stimulus for this somber ceremony

A monumental blunder averted and betrayed
Requiem, raise the rebel from its grave

A monumental blunder averted and betrayed
Dig around the cemetery, a record of the day
Citizen and patriot, you can't be far behind

Friends and neighbors in stages of decay
The funeral weighing heavy on your mind
Requiem, sound the revolution's thunder

Requiem, bring the dissident from slumber
But the saddest thing of all eludes discovery
Requiem, raise the rebel from its grave
Authority is populist deceit
Requiem, raise the rebel from its grave
Just a victim of irrational design
Pity yet another casualty's demoralized decline
Requiem, bring the dissident from slumber
Requiem, sound the revolution's thunder
Requiem, sound the revolution's thunder
The sanctimonious minions, how they grovel at the feet