There was a time we dare not rustle a whisper When fear of speaking thoughts inside caused a man to disappear Wiser now, the words we read make it much clearer All aware the show is staged, for the machine we rage Invoke a trial, legitimacy’s the oil pumping The churning machine of all that we have ceded to the state Look in your eyes, face the chasm of spiritual demise Do not stray from the herd, do not stray from the lies And you cry, “But what can we do? We haven’t the strength!” But the circle’s not closed, there’s one thing to do A pathway to truth in our days Live not by these lies Open up your eyes We’ll end this compromise Open your eyes (open your eyes) No compromise (no compromise) Live not by lies Complicity implied in your daily deceit Permitting their rule hold through all the lies laid at your feet Like parasites, surviving only tethered to a host Do what helps them the least, do what hurts them the most Inside beats a worthy heart deserving to feel cleansing rain If we consent to evade the truth, then let us cease to complain Live not by these lies Open up your eyes An endless compromise Open your eyes (open your eyes) No compromise (no compromise) Live not by – “And as for him who lacks the courage to defend even his own soul, let him say to himself plainly: I am cattle, a coward; I seek only warmth and to eat my fill” Eat your fucking fill Cattle Eat your fucking fill Cattle Eat your fucking Fill Cattle Fill Cattle Fill Cattle Coward Cattle All the breath that I have left I will commit to choose To reject the chances every day to distort the truth Only way we have left to live a remedy Let these lies, let lies hold not through me Live not by these lies Open up your eyes Let’s end this compromise Open your eyes (open your eyes) No compromise (no compromise) Live not by lies