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