Sumptus Ignis - Rumours Lyrics

Fear sneaks into your life
And nothing will be safe
(Can you hear the whispering)
(Rumours multiply in the night)
Soon it transforms the familiar
Into twisted forms
(Can you hear the muttering)
(Rumours multiply in the night)
Doubts take hold planting seeds
Into fertile soil

Blinded by the preconceptions
Deaf to any contradictions
Senseless repetitions stoke the ire
A meaningless descent

Uninformed opinions spinning
Wheels in mud, no traction to take hold
Emboldened by the echoing choirs
A feedback loop of lunacy retold

Hate breaks into the heart
Dressed in jester's rags
(Can you hear the cackling)
(Rumours multiply in the night)
Cracked mirror mocks and distorts
Those different into beasts
(Can you hear the gibbering)
(Rumours multiply in the night)
How can the others exist
As if they were people

The spiders gather
Spinning webs of slander
Hatching schemes of mendacity
Stitching half-truths together

There are no civilians in information warfare
In this time of alternative facts and blatant misdirections
When the truth is buried beneath a hundred plausible lies
When it feels like you don't know who to trust
Ask yourself, "Who has the most to gain if I believe?"

Weaving words to win the hearts
And the minds will surely follow (Anything)
Twist the facts until they fit your narrow narrative
"You're either with us or against us"

Can you hear the march for war
Lone-wolf legions called to arms

The spiders gather
Spinning webs of slander
Hatching schemes of mendacity
Stitching half-truths together
The spiders gather
Can you hear it?
Spinning webs of slander
Ten thousand rumors in the air
Hatching schemes of mendacity
Ugggggh!
Stitching half-truths together
Ten thousand rumors in the air!

Inoculated from other points of view
Don't believe the liars who assault your gospel truth
Conspiracies conjectured
All common sense rejected
Death creeps in through the cracks