Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] The vines have taken what the temples could not hold
A thousand throats go dry and still they beg for more
We wear the masks that hide the faces we forgot
And call it freedom when the fever starts to rise
[Pre-Chorus] Pour the wine and pass the cup around
Something in the sweetness pulls us down
Ask no questions let the answer drown
[Chorus] So we drink and we burn
We take and we give
No law above us
No life we must live
The night takes our sorrows
The morning our names
We are the children of Dionysus
[Verse 2] What price for ecstasy when nothing else remains
A prophet made of smoke and grape and appetite
We follow where the drums decide to lead us next
And never ask if anything survives the night
[Pre-Chorus] The feast becomes a wound we cannot close
What we worship we become
And nobody here wants to know
[Chorus] So we drink and we burn
We take and we give
No law above us
No life we must live
The night takes our sorrows
The morning our names
We are the children of Dionysus
[Bridge] Something in the revelry
Is turning sharp and strange
Something in the wine we pour
Is answering our names
We were told that we'd be free
Nobody said from what
The cup is never empty
The thirst is never gone
[Breakdown] We crowned a hunger
And called it a god
We crowned a hunger
And called it a god!
[solo] [Bridge] Who will count the cost
Beautiful and ruinous
Everything we lost
[Chorus] So we drink and we burn
We take and we give
No law above us
No life we must live
The night takes our sorrows
The morning our names
We are the children of Dionysus
[Outro] We are the children
We are the children