Divide and Conquer

By Epica

On The Holographic Principle

Released on September 30, 2016

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[Instrumental Intro]


[Intro: Choir]

Divide and conquer

Show no mercy

Defile the honor

Sow discord amongst them all

[Verse 1: Mark Jansen, Simone Simons]

Crucify my faith

We'll set the stage for the last play

You will not hurt our pride nor break its strength

Stirring up the hate

You'll fail to practice what you preach

Wake the force as we

Won't let you crucify our ways


[Choir]

Abomination

Will enrage them

Manipulation

Is effective after all

[Verse 2: Mark Jansen, Simone Simons]

Justify yourself

We cannot speak above our breath

I read between these vast adorned lines

Justify your acts

The credulous will be our guests

Wake the force as we

Won't let you crush our self-respect

Highfalutin weaponry

You dictate your recipe for life


[Chorus: Simone Simons]

Seek the mastermind

The one who's always right

We’re searching now and endlessly to set us free

Seek the mastermind

There's no one you will find

We have to find a way to change our destiny

Hate and fear corroded all our hopes and dreams

That's all we have achieved


[Post-Chorus: Choir]

Divide and conquer

Spread disease amongst them all

[Verse 3: Mark Jansen, Simone Simons]

Desecrate yourself

Yet our duty will prevail

You will not penetrate through massive shields

Desecrate yourself

We will harvest all we've sowed

Wake the force as we

Won't let you steal our integrity

Highfalutin weaponry

You dictate your recipe with lies


[Chorus: Simone Simons]

Seek the mastermind

The one who's always right

We're searching now and endlessly to set us free

Seek the mastermind (Seek the mastermind)

There's no one you will find

We have to find a way to change our destiny

Hate and fear corroded all our hopes and dreams

That's all we have achieved


[Breakdown: Mark Jansen]

Bleed from greed


[Choir]

We'll

Succeed

In

Our aim

Force the spirit to its knees

Dominate humanity


[Voice Clip]

"We all, as a matter of the world order, such as it is

Need to come together urgently to assert the rule of law and human decency

And to make order out of places where there is chaos"


[Voice Clip: David Cameron]

"Your city was an inspiration to the world

As you threw off a dictatorship and chose freedom"


[Voice Clip: Nicolas Sarkozy]

"Viva Bengazi!

Vive la Libye!"


[Bridge: Choir]

Hold yourself accountable

For the mess around us all

Running blindly for the fall

We are all responsible


[Choir, Simone Simons]

Seek the mastermind

(Hold yourself accountable)

The one who's always right

(For the mess around us all)

We have to search and endlessly to set us free

(Running blindly for the fall, we are all responsible)

Seek the mastermind ([Mark Jansen] Seek the mastermind)

(Hold yourself accountable)

There's no one you will find

(For the mess around us all)

On this quest without an end, eternally

(Running blindly for the fall, we are all responsible)

Hate and fear prevented us to reach

What we truly are

Nothing is really as it appears

That's all we need to be


[Outro: Choir]

Abomination

Will enrage them

Manipulation

Is effective

Don't be merciful

Seize them all