Zombie Award

The ladder you climbed up was flat on the ground
Your achievements are paltry and hollow
But through the deception and lies, you still found those to follow
You took the salvation you thought we deserved
You gave it a fresh coat of paint
You promised that justice would finally be served and that you were a Saint

We can't undo the heartless decisions that you
Made for the sake of our admiration
We can't afford this perpetual drum beat of war
It's time that we became our own salvation

You fed the corruption by bleeding us dry
You told us that this was the price
You scoffed at the people who dared to ask why this sacrifice
To those who adored you, you never did wrong
But they were already forsaken
They didn't know you'd been at this for so long or what you'd taken

We can't undo the heartless decisions that you
Made for the sake of our admiration
We can't afford this perpetual drum beat of war
It's time that we became our own salvation

My people, let us come together today to mourn the loss of the harmony that once filled the air of this great nation
We used to sing different parts of the same song
Now it seems we can't even agree on the genre
And maybe that's not a bad thing
But we can't tear each other down just because we're marching to our own tunes
That song is out there
One song. One sound
That encompasses who we should strive to be
So let us bend
Let us compromise
Shift a few notes, change the key here and there
No one can do it by themselves
Together is the only way

We can't undo the heartless decisions that you
Made for the sake of our admiration
We can't afford this perpetual drum beat of war
It's time that we became our own salvation