Bush backs out of the 1972 ABM treaty,
supposedly in the interests of national defense
Determined to resurrect Reagan's nuclear monster
Ignoring the world tension that this action presents
Jerry Falwell had the nerve to place the blame
at the feet of feminists, abortionists,

Hidden behind a wall of secrecy and right in our own backyard
In fort Benning, Georgia lies the pentagons prize
Well protected behind gun and guard
It's the training ground for counter insurgency
For the Latin American and Caribbean countries
Specializing in psychological war

What we chastise one minute, we justify the next
With the elevated morality that our torture reflects
Our grand-standing assertions mean absolutely nothing
If what we denounce is exactly what we bring
Back into the lives of those we claimed to liberate
The abuse we then conde

Bow down to the demagogues
They gain their power when they prey on your fears
Bow down to the demagogues
They keep their control by feeding your bigotry
Bow down to the demagogues
They keep you safe by denying you freedom
Bow down to the demagogues
They intimidate to

Once again america has chosen to keep its shut tight
Content in our national ignorance as long as all danger is kept out of sight
We don't want to hear the reasons why this happened. We only want revenge
We only want to feel safe again and we're all willing to pretend
that if we

Not interested in politics or don't want to fucking face it
But if we don't stand against oppression we might as well embrace it
When we act as if it doesn't affect us we do nothing but pretend
Because there's not a single place on earth that doesn't belong to them
Governed by th

Within the sterile environment that carries out American retribution
The threatened insist that vengeance is the only acceptable solution
Emotions fuel the media frenzy, relentlessly searching for satisfaction
The world's superpower, made to feel vulnerable, is now demanding action

It's the age-old conflict, the territorial dispute
Endless accusations flying about who has wronged who
Desperate determination to show no sign of weakness
The leaders take action while their people pay the consequences
Abandoning diplomacy, those in power unwilling to yield

Blinding, shattering brightness breaks the darkness of dawn
Blistering gusts of fire, a nightmare in life forever torn
Fear
Silence
Misery
Devastation
Left in the shambles, the smoke, innocent victims of war
Hiding behind their nakedness, in fear of what's left for th

Do you know what they're up to while we sleep?
They pass 'free trade' legislation that favors the companies
Do you know what they're up to while we sleep?
They cut social programs to fund war technology
Do you know what they're up to while we sleep?
They inject genetically en

Apocalyptic policies
That neglect the environment and diminish the future
Because the zealots in power
Those ruling are ruled by their faith in the scriptures
When the environment takes a backseat to religion
Are they serving our interests or just succumbing to fiction?
T

From the age of the thought police- greetings
From the age of big brother- greetings
From the age of newspeak- greetings
Welcome to the age of continuous warfare
We are the free; we are the peaceful
They're the aggressors and they are the hateful
Who are they?
We're d

The sharks start to circle when they smell blood in the water
The viewers tune in to watch the unfortunate suffer
Bombarded with a never ending scourge of destruction
Seduced my the media's macabre illustration
We have front row seats for the televised slaughter
Anxiously fee

Pounded by the hurricane but finished off by the government
Trapped in Katrina's aftermath by George's emergency management
Stranded on the rooftops are the people left for dead
Waving franticly to their leader, who's flying safely overhead
He's been too busy raising money for hi

You claim that you're trying to cure disease
Does destroying life make you pleased?
Senseless tests with nothing to prove
Destruction of animals is what you choose
Taxpayer's money supplies the fuel
For experiments that are torture, irrelevant and cruel
Blinding the publi

We're all feeding the gluttons of privilege
As they rewrite the labor laws to subjugate the poor
We're all feeding the gluttons of privilege
By serving our lords on the factory floor
We're all feeding the gluttons of privilege
Shouldering the tax breaks for the politically af

America has been conquered by a fundamentalist crusade
That holds god above our heads to keep the masses afraid
We've surrendered sensibility to a morbid spirituality
Shackled by what passes as Christian morality
Opening the bible for justification to close millions of minds

When does a woman's choice belong to her and not to man or myth?
When does a woman's body belong to her and not to man or myth?
George w. Bush vowed to overturn Roe vs. Wade
by stacking the Supreme Court full of anti-choice advocates
While attorney general John Ashcroft swore to

I'm the newly appointed expert on the treatment of drug addiction
here to help the addicts to overcome through faith in religion
One man has been blessed with vision, by god in his infinite wisdom
so king George the second has generously bankrolled our glorious mission
Endless mo

Immersed in political strategies
Government policies create endless catastrophes
and we all pay the price
when our movement becomes stagnant, anchored by apathy
We can't just give up, we can't just give in
There are no wasted attempts when it comes to action
The smallest