Culture War

Blackening skies
Broken social ties
The net rots our minds
So embrace your demise
State manufactures your consent
Corrupted by the stench
Of those seeking rent
Its their intention
Inflaming racial tensions
To further their incision
Of sewing class division
They worship progress
Repress your protest
Claim to speak for the oppressed
And now you're at the end

Of a knife or a rope
When you're broke buying smokes
When there's nowhere to go
When life's a fucking joke

When the hits keep coming
Don't let see you running
They dismiss your pain
Don't got skin in the game
They march with rifles
Call your troubles trifles
But we're without rival
So give em a mindful
They won't look you in the eyes
Cuz you're what they despise
It's time to realize
Don't take it in stride
Wherever we reside
Under attack from all sides
To conquer they divide
And now you're at the end

Of a knife or a rope
When you're broke buying smokes
When there's nowhere to go
When life's a fucking joke

They feed your apathy
And now you're under siege
By those who promise peace
And keep you on a leash
Demand civility
Why you gnash your teeth
They pray for your release
Refuse to do a thing
They'd have you grovel at their knees
For salvation they could bring

No one to carry the torch
So you set yourself on fire
With the ire of desire
For the flames of war
What do you take me for
Ignored us before
I'm lost in the middle
Of your culture war
How can it end
When foe becomes friend
There's nothing left to mend
And you're at the end

Of a knife or a rope
When you're broke buying smokes
When there's nowhere to go
When life's a fucking joke
Knife or a rope
When you're broke buying smokes
When there's nowhere to go
When life's a fucking joke