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Decorated

from One Small Voice by Heir Apparent

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Hero, Warrior
Sit behind the lines and make the call
Leader, Believer
A vestal three-piece high above it all

But until you've walked the miles with the people that you lead
You can't understand their pain when the common people bleed

Fuhrer, Big Brother
Victimize the weak and make us strong
Teacher, Savior
Sanctify your answers, right or wrong

And until you've walked the miles with the people that you lead
You can't understand their pain when the common people bleed

You should be decorated
Adorned by scarlet bars
A celebrated General
To brandish blackened stars

You should be decorated
Your ribbons frayed and torn
Upon your paper pedestal
For the children to adorn

You should be decorated
...still you walk alone...

Leader, Believer
Victimize the weak and make us strong
Teacher, Savior
Sanctify your answers, right or wrong

And until you've walked the miles with the people that you lead
You can't understand their pain when the common people bleed

You should be decorated
...and you could have made a difference - if you tried...
You should be decorated
...but you never really cared, and so you lied...
You should be decorated
...and you could have made a difference - but you never really tried at all
Decorated - decorated
...never really cared

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from One Small Voice, released June 1, 1989
Written by Mike Jackson and Steve Benito
Copyright ©1988 Richard Cheese Music-ASCAP

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Heir Apparent Lynnwood, Washington

Pioneers of Power Metal in the mid-1980's; Progressive Metal in the late 1980's; and returning for a third studio album in 2018. From epic ballads to intense metal, Heir Apparent is known for excellent songwriting featuring amazing vocalists.

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