Changing of the Guard

About ten years gone, like fields gone dry,
Everywhere there's sorrow for those who've died,
Desperate people who can no longer breathe,
Lives that have faded like the falling leaves,

In the marketplace, greedy thieves, hungry for more power,
Dealing out their shady deals, hour after hour,
They laughed with their glee, destroying liberty,
Pulled a few more pranks, blaming them on "the enemy",

The cold-blooded captains laughed as the people celebrated,
Knowing that nothing they said would ever be debated,
Whose cold deeds and avarice are beyond redemption,
The people unaware of the cruel evasion,

Stirring in every corner of the land, a change in fortune calls,
Dormant anger rising, ready to tear down the walls,
People coming out from the shadows, filled with hope,
Ready to hang the criminals on the end of their own rope