I live inside The trenches of my own mind Wallowing in My own filth I consumed the lies They told me my whole Life Every leader is a fucking shill Behind the curtain I lift the scales from my eyes I see for certain The bartering of all our time Toiling away My life force drained from me slowly My time, I will bide Waiting for the day The day we rise Black and red to the sky Guns raised, flags held high Bastardized pantheon Elected to die Money talks But I'm going deaf Wars waged On widows wept Clocks unwound Life unbound Debt paid To those in the ground Place your hands upon the scales Pressure the paradigm Place your hands upon the scales Pressure The paradigm With bullets passed down From the widows who've wept To those in the ground This promise will be kept I live inside the trenches of my own mind Basking in this glorious contempt Toiling away My life force drained from me slowly My time, I will bide Waiting for the day The day we rise Black and red to the sky Guns raised, flags held high Bastardized pantheon Elected to die