There exists a live version of Imperial Guard by Ghost Cassette, played live on September 6, 2010. Since Strings, which included the demo of Imperial Guard, was released in March of that year, it is assumed that this more accurately represents what the final version of Imperial Guard would have been like.
At first, the song only contains minor changes to the initial lyrics, however, the instrumental second half present in the demo was replaced with an entirely new section with lyrics.
Lyrics[]
One in a hundred people see through,
One in a million people like you,
I wish I was on the inside,
I wish I was in the 99.
I hate the power over me you retain,
'Cause it’s been such a long time since we felt the same.
And I think you know that you're pulling the strings,
And I think you know
C'mon!
One in a hundred, one out of ten,
Your wins correspond to me losing again.
If you were down, I had to be down,
When your life is good, you don’t want me around.
I hate the power over me you retain,
'Cause it’s been such a long time since we felt the same.
And I think you know that you're pulling the strings,
And I think you know
Again!
Let’s not, let’s never talk about,
What happens when we cross the line.
Let’s not, let’s never talk about,
What happens when we cross the line.
Let’s not, let’s never talk about,
What happens when we cross the line.
Let’s not, let’s never talk.
One in a hundred people see through,
One in a million people like you.
I wish I was on the inside,
I wish I was in the 99.
I hate the power over me you retain,
‘Cause it’s been such a long time since we felt the same.
I think you know that you're pulling the strings,
And I think you know that you're pulling the strings again.
Let’s not, let’s never talk about,
What happens when we cross the line.
Let’s not, let’s never talk about,
What happens when we cross the line.
Let’s not, let’s never talk about,
What happens when we cross the line.
Let’s not, let’s never talk.
When the heart
Sends you back
And a (light)?
Fills(?) the stars
When (the moon)?
Into the dark
I will have to be
By you
When the voices are cut out
I am silent again
Through the old implications
that you meant me again
I would like to be different
I would like to be certain
But I can't ever (fight)?
Me in two; the prophecy
If we don't talk about
What we live without
And then you go away
Forever
And there is silence in my heart
And there is movement in my feet
Suddenly I'm at the station
Boarding to what went beneath
This is not made me to regress
Back to something; what I lost
This is making me detest
Everything that I've become
Just close your eyes
Shut the fuck up
Everyone needs their chance
And I'll take you by the time but never wait for us
To collapse!
We'll never talk about it!
Well, let's never talk!