Empire of Lies

The world that I thought I knew Has become a yesterday And now I find I have no direction No true north I worked my life My best years I toiled and sweated and now It’s all blown apart No true north No comfort in security I worked my life My best years I toiled and sweated and now It’s all blown apart No true north Now only our knowledge and skill Will carry us forward as we Enter a brave new worl...

My dear loved one You’re always welcome home Even though our differences A chasm divides Know that I am here Arms open to welcome you And food is on the table Wake up my loved ones Wake up Hard times are coming for us Wake up my loved ones Wake up Today we must move swiftly Today we must be brave Wake up my loved ones Wake up Today you will see some horrors And God willing you will not bleed The d...

Agents of chaos Worship at the altar of war Draw a line choose a side Chaos is a ladder Make them hate each other Mash them into clay Craft the perfect slave Divide and conquer Just please don’t buy into the lie That killing all those people Is for the greater good They tortured and killed our loved ones So only a human would understand The depths of our anger And desperation Draw a line choose a...

Every time a soldier dies People make money Every missile every drone Money money money Just another way to front the death machine Sanctions on the innocent Never hurt dictatorship Mountains of bodies Dollars and change Cold little babies stiff in the rain It's all for the money Sanctions on the innocent Never hurt dictatorship Just another way to front the death machine Every time a soldier dies...

I go out today To gather me some food To help my fellow man We do what we can Persist and perpetuate Produce and consume Our lives are not infinite So we must defend them too And if I break a law By gathering my food Will they of many names Starve us within our cage They of the many names Will promise everything’s fine As long as we toe the line Keep lockstep in perfect time Fuck all of your old w...

There was once sunshine We’d bathe and sometimes play It’s brightness made us thrive And make the most of our day And when the nights got long We’d stumble off to bed We’d have some fun Or just pass out And clean up in the morning Remember those shows We’d light up and go Our dancing was magic We lived and died a half a million times And came out on the other side We’d wake up in a daze And wonder...

I’m treading water through lies So thick that I might drown I come across one solid truth And hang on for my life The fog of lies grows thicker And yet I find another I’m building something true A grounded world view Everything’s wrong Everything’s upside down Trust was a song A dream from a long time ago And we with our feet in the dirt Are banned Too heavy for virtual bliss They’re all the same...

It’s only together that we Can make this world better By treating all others With decent common dignity Kindness and respect It’s only together that we Can hope to make it through our lives In peace and harmony It’s only together that we Can make this world better By treating all others With decent common dignity Kindness and respect Peace and harmony