Suffer, Conquer

Greater men than you have bled only to fail

And greater men than you have died younger in vain

So spare us the lament, the tears, the speech

Just fall upon your fucking sword or put me out of your misery

You want respect because you put in your time

Entitled and indignant, you resign to a lie

Now I’m not saying that it’s time to concede

But in your disillusion you forgot what it means to

Suffer, suffer to succeed

To conquer you must suffer

Suffer, pain is not the enemy

Just what we need, another martyr to the crown of despair

Just what we need, another victim of austerity’s mind

Now spare us the lament, the years, the speech

Just go out on your fucking shield or put me out of your misery

You want respect because you put in your time

But your ambitions aren’t your God given rights

Now I’m not saying that it’s time to concede

But if you are to conquer, you must first learn to bleed and

Suffer, suffer to succeed

To conquer you must suffer

Suffer, pain is not the enemy

Suffer

Pain is not the enemy… you are