Fortress of Ignorance Lyrics


Hidden behind the slums there's a fortress

Shrouded in trees and reinforced walls

Concrete moat to keep our world out

Walls and gates to keep their world in

In the fortress they can pretend to be one of us

Within the walls they can learn

About a world they've never seen

And a life they'll never find

Peering from the spires

Blind with splendor

Numbed by their convenience

Drunk with vanity

Deep inside the walls

Surrounded by scrolls

Deafened by pomposity

They know nothing

Nothing

Nothing

We'll see how they fare

When the gates open

And they spill out

Gazelles running free

Among jackals and thieves

No more concrete moat to keep our world out

No more walls or gates to keep their world in