Steal Like an Artist

Tear the skin from the old masters' bones
Pick the lock on the gallery stones
Whisper from the vaults of the dead
Rearrange the words they said
This is not the theft of a coward's hand
This is the birth of a second land

Eyes wide open, hands are stained
With the ghost of what remained
Break the mirror, take the shards
Forge a weapon from the scars

Steal like an artist, bleed through the vein
Die like a martyr, rise up again
Nothing is new under the sun
But the fire you steal makes you the one
Steal like an artist, carve out your name
Breathe in the old, but spit out the flame
Nothing is pure, nothing is true
But the thief who creates becomes something new

Dig through the rubble of the fallen giants
Their crumbling temples, their dying science
Take the rhythm, twist the chord
Make their silence your roaring sword
Every echo hides a key
Unlock the cage and set you free

Doubt will whisper, "You're too late"
All the good ones sealed their fate
But the tomb is just a door
What they buried, you restore

Steal like an artist, bleed through the vein
Die like a martyr, rise up again
Nothing is new under the sun
But the fire you steal makes you the one
Steal like an artist, carve out your name
Breathe in the old, but spit out the flame
Nothing is pure, nothing is true
But the thief who creates becomes something new

They will curse you with the name of the liar
Point their fingers at your stolen fire
But the first man sang from the second man's throat
And the third man built the ark from the first man's boat
Tradition is a river, not a chain
Respect the source, then drown the rain

Take... break... make...
Take... break... make...

This is not a robbery!
This is alchemy!
Lead to gold, dust to breath
Old to new, life from death
The crime is not the taking
The crime is the faking!

STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST, BLEED THROUGH THE VEIN!
DIE LIKE A MARTYR, RISE UP AGAIN!
NOTHING IS NEW UNDER THE SUN!
BUT THE FIRE YOU STEAL MAKES YOU THE ONE!

STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST, CARVE OUT YOUR NAME!
BREATHE IN THE OLD, BUT SPIT OUT THE FLAME!
NOTHING IS PURE, NOTHING IS TRUE!
THE THIEF WHO CREATES BECOMES SOMETHING NEW!

The crime is not the taking...
The crime is the faking...
Steal...
Reveal...
Make it real...
...Make it yours.