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Rays of unlight pierce the burning sky Illuminating

Steaming piles of filth and rotting flesh

All that remains

That which was once so mighty and so strong Reduced to ash

Shadows cast in the Likenesses of All that used to be!

Civilization perpetually On the edge of reason For eternity

Cattle can’t be told they’re lions

Neither can electric sheep

Let them think they’re getting somewhere

Let them see the Lies we keep

Progress keeps the Beasts in order

Progress keeps the Beasts in line

Let them fight their Little battles

Let them think They have the time

Screams whisper curses Through the rubble In the dark

Tragic broken voices Of souls long torn apart Heed not their warnings Their conscience led astray

Mired in subjugation Breeding ignorance and shame

Aimless blind bewilderment

Shameless minds belligerent

The rod and the staff, thy comfort

Fear be thy shepherd

Whispers tell the stories Of what they were afraid

Dismal black illusions That we’re keeping them enslaved

Poison, their home, Their every precious breath Prison, their minds, Their lives until death

Aimless blind bewilderment Shameless minds belligerent The rod and the staff, thy comfort Fear be thy shepherd

Rays of unlight pierce the burning sky

Illuminating

steaming piles of filth and rotting flesh

All that remains

What was once so mighty and so strong Reduced to ash

Shadows cast in the Likenesses of All that used to be!

Civilization perpetually On the edge of reason For eternity

Aimless blind bewilderment Shameless minds belligerent The rod and the staff, thy comfort Fear be thy shepherd