News of Our Doom

You're safer alone, don't go outside
Stay locked up in your home, eyes on the screen
Ankles strung to the stone
News of our doom in a familiar tone

It's all the same

There's nothing to fear
Not today or in many coming years
Surely Armageddon will not appear
The system is working, it will steer us clear

It's all okay

As they tip the scales end to end, we'll suffer for them

How did the world end up this way?
Global paranoia deepens everyday
Death of faith that things could change
There is no way

The violence is here on your front doorstep
In between your ears
Fires are spreading out on the frontier
Disease is deadlier than yesteryear

Don't let no one near

How did the world end up this way?
Global paranoia deepens everyday
Death of faith that things could change
There is no way

And in this machine, I am bound to die
Medicated isolated, I'm just scraping by
A fall drowned in soft neon light

This gilded city isn't quite what it's meant to be
Symbol of progress or icon of disparity
From my dirty window, I look out at the burning streets
And watch it all come apart in front of me
Come apart in front of me

How did the world end up this way?
Death of faith that things could change
There is no way

With every step closer to the fall
We'll realize what will befall us all