Beguiled

So swallow hard the serpent

Of many tags and faces hid in masks

Coiled ‘round this lung until the last

He’ll crack your boots young pagans

‘Cause like you I was hatched to traipse on cold

And 17’s a long drawn way from hope

And I’ve learned these lessons I was taught

Taut, so taught

And now I’m telling you

Return the faith

Return the faith

They’re smashing out the veils

Return the faith

And there’s no escape

So return the faith

With charging light brigades

Return the faith

You’ve gotta move

So as betrayed by rainbows

Here I convey I’ve sold out your dear cause

And the king has placed us in his jaws

It’s sure no place can hold us

But in this scene I’m December

And your June’s wretch

And my idyls lay gasping as if death

And I’ve learned these lessons I was taught

Taut, so taught

And now I’m telling you

Return the faith

Return the faith

They’re smashing out the veils

Return the faith

And there’s no escape

So return the faith

With charging light brigades

Return the faith

You’ve gotta move

Return the faith

Return the faith