Parts & Labor - A Great Divide lyrics

It rose before they even noticed Another pyramid devised On top a sleepless eye Below they wondered why They failed to strike at the foundation And either way it's suicide A loss unless they climb Lie back or cross a great divide Can't see the city from the high rise Stay where it's safe and warm inside Sustain the artifice Paying for what we missed Protection from the dangers outside And with our backs against a wall You're not like you you're me What's left here for us to decide Who fights a faith deep as an ocean And here they say truth used to lie The priests are keeping score A tautological chore And every tiny Armageddon Will bring us closer to the shore Relieved when they arrive Maybe we'll cross a great divide Crooked empire declining Recess secession still in mind Who stops this poison crack from growing Dreams die watched through slanted gla** below the canyon's yawning With every backwards step march forward And rea**ess the battle cry Champion the wise Tear off the wolf's disguise The case was stated we're related The case was made and we're elated The case was stated, we relayed it The case was made and we're related What's left here to decide