We read you loud and clear
The final curtain call
See all the people cheer
Backs up against the wall
The sinners must atone
They're living on their knees
The priests are casting stones
And claiming victories
We slave away
to the sound and the fury.
We lose the will
of the body and mind.
We break new ground,
there's another one to bury.
We waste away
just standing in line.
Here in our rotting world
We say our last goodbyes
For every boy and girl,
Civilization dies
So let the history show
What's written in the sand
Before the falling snow
Covers the tracks of man