This is our finest hour
The pinnacle of power
For we have won the day
The land and sea we ravage
And educate the savage
To a new and better way
Killing more than you eat
Conquer, horde, exploit, repeat
Take possession, the obsession
We covet what we see
Scent of plunder, spell we’re under
Throughout our history
It is the natural order
To push beyond the border
And prey upon the weak
Another greener pasture
Another lord and master
Inheriting the meek
Brother’s cloak, neighbor’s wife
Eye for eye, life for life
Take possession, the obsession
We covet what we see
Scent of plunder, spell we’re under
Throughout our history
See ya later, I’m steppin’ out
Don’t wanna listen, just shut your mouth
I’m steppin’ out
The situation, out of control
What are you thinkin’, you just don’t know
Out of control
Don’t you know
I’ve told you
Black heart – in a letter
Black heart – and to your face
Black heart – you know you’ve got a
Black heart – and I said it in the first place
I’ve done you better, show me the same
Nobody’s winnin’, it’s a stupid game
Show me the same
Quit this game
You’ve got a
Black heart – in a letter
Black heart – and to your face
Black heart – you know you’ve got a
Black heart – and I said it in the first place
Shut up
The situation, out of control
Nobody’s winnin’, you just don’t know
Out of control
And you know
I’ve told you
Black heart – in a letter
Black heart – and to your face
Black heart – you know you’ve got a
Black heart –
I call you
Black heart – in a letter
Black heart – and to your face
Black heart – you know you’ve got a
Black heart – and I said it in the first place
Leave me alone get off the phone
Just who or what am I talking to
Is this so and so we need to know
Just what a deal we have for you
You’ve got nothing to lose so try it out for free
Now that you’ve grown dependant here’s your monthly fee
You don’t got far without the card
I tell you it’s the number of the beast
With it a tail follow the trail
Everything you buy or do or eat
Big brother watches every magna-strip that’s read
And soon perhaps install it right in you instead
Move over - move over - game over
This is a joke a cloud of smoke
Empty legalize and double speech
It’s on the news it’s in the schools
And you will practice what we preach
For your convenience we have built a house of straw
For your protection it will be signed into law
Move over - move over - game over
I’ll make it slow – I’ll make it fast
Walk the walk
More than art, it’s a pure essential
Talk the talk
Put the words to this instrumental
Bring the motion to my table
Leave your lipstick on my glass
Move to my music
I’ll write it slow – I’ll write it fast
Do your stuff
In a way that’s so influential
Call your bluff
I can see there’s some real potential
Runnin’ loose and you read like a label
But you do it with such class
Move to my music
I’ll make it slow – I’ll make it fast
Moving violation
This isn’t my crime
Watch yer body motion
Now is the right time
I am the most pious man you know
Yet I am evil in the dark
I am the one your children warn you of
For them my guises cannot sway
I am the most patriotic god
And before me you will be humble
So won’t you shout in praise my name
Your faith in me must never stray
I am the master of free will
You’ll be forever in my charge
I am the master of free will
I am the master of free will
Master of free will
I must give credit where credit is due
And on the global stage I do
You buy my lies, my press release
The pleasing face in seven beast
I have an almost hypnotic appeal
You both deny and yet admire
So won’t you sing in praise my name
Your faith in me must never sway
I am the master of free will
You’ll be forever in my charge
I am the master of free will
I am the master of free will
Master of free will
I am the most pious man you know
Yet I am evil in the dark
I am the one your children warn you of
For them my guises are compete frustration
I am your most patriotic god
And before me you will be humble
So won’t you shout in praise my name
Your faith in me must never stray
I’m a politician and I have a certain way with words
I exploit the difference between what is said and what is heard
Practiced in my use
Of the selective truth
Now come support me at the booth
I am the evangelist, the path to God; I speak for him
I take contributions as indulgences for all your sins
Righteous I appear
And prey upon your fear
That the end is drawing near
Tales I tell
Which serve me oh so well
This bill of goods for sale
Cast my spell
You serve me oh so well
This bill of goods for sale
I’m the voice of media with many choices I insist
I show lots of faces but it’s all the same ventriloquist
Watch as they perform
You think you’re so informed
Hear the piper, follow form
Tales I tell
Which serve me oh so well
This bill of goods for sale
Cast my spell
You serve me oh so well
This bill of goods for sale
Sing to me, the whisky jar, it sings to me
One more scene, before the room spins, then is gone
I always feel the pain
In my temple
And then the next day
With no regret
Drink with me, a reckless time, throw caution to the wind
Once again, when will I learn, the morning comes again
I always seem to pay
With every last breath
Before the next day
And I forget
My bones will break insides will ache
But I won’t let it bring me down
My bones will break
Insides will ache
Morning never comes again
This I learned from watching you
Take me to the promised land
Spread my ashes to the wind
My bones will break
Insides will ache
My bones will break
Insides will ache
Gaze upon the horn of plenty
I will take for one and 20
From the corporate ladder, I will trickle down on you
As the dealings done
I am fat on milk and honey
Dare you ask, we’re losing money
Now the bough is breaking, I will let it fall on you
When all is said and done
Understand the needs of many don’t concern the lofty few
Writing off the little people, getting in the way
Beating drum and waiving banner
Mounted on a swift and armored steed
Following the path to glory
Driven on by power-lust and greed
Cut ‘em down, cut ‘em down
Seize the crown, seize the crown
Falling into righteous frenzy
Justice is a honed and polished blade
In the name of clan and county
Calling on the gods that we have made
Might is right, might is right
Fight the fight, fight the fight
For blood and iron – Hung jury, victims of the fury
Come join the Passion Play
For blood and iron – Subjugation, retaliation
Empire wax and wane
Marching ever east of Eden
Straight into the hall of the slain
To the victor go the spoils
Reeking with the legacy of Cain
Slash and burn, slash and burn
Never learn, never learn
For blood and iron – Hung jury, victims of the fury
Another Passion Play
For blood and iron – Subjugation, retaliation
Empire wax and wane
For blood and iron – Hung jury, victims of the fury
Come trumpet the campaign
For blood and iron – Subjugation, retaliation
The children are insane