Of Mice and Straw Men Lyrics


Templar -- unaffected by reason

Devout -- unmoved by thought

Oppressed -- voices are silenced

By the fascist hell they’ve wrought

Deny -- the gift of reason

Deny -- the gift of thought

Deny -- truth and freedom

As we burn in this bed they’ve made

They’re no longer thinking

They uphold the status quo

We must stand against it

Refuse to play a losing game

In a guise of unseen law

Puppets beating men of straw

On and on they pound

The weak opposing progress

Making claims to save us all

But we will fight!

Rewrite -- abstractions and treason

Fallacy -- will rule the day

System -- of gross injustice

And apathy is their only way

Deny -- our basic rights

Deny -- a better world

Deny -- all brotherhood

To burn in systemic fires of hate

They refuse to see humanity

They are blind mice in a maze

Mass silence is their ally

Their proclamations devastate

Worshipping their demagogue

Puppets beating men of straw

On and on they pound

Their "faith" opposing progress

Making claims to save us all

But we will fight!

They’ve denied their sentience

They are puppets on a string

Remember all the faces

Of all those brainwashed by their sick pathetic ways

Hanging on to their prejudice

Puppets beating men of straw

On and on they pound

Militant opposing progress

Making claims to save us all

But we will fight!