In This Race

They're counting the corpses when the dust settles down
There's rumble down the alley, dark blood on the ground
You wore your red scarf proud, now it's torn and battered
Trampled by the feet of the downtrodden

When the gate was opened and they unleashed the beasts
It was for you and the rest, the high point of the feast
You ran in front of the wave, so proud and defiant
Now you lay your face down in the gutter

But in this race, the stronger can't win
The game has been settled before it begins
May I claim your saint's turned away
When you bow to his figure of stone

They shoot the last rocket, there's confusion in the ring
And the town is flooded with false heroes again
In the shady pens, the monsters of men
Begin the torture before the killing

Because in this race, the stronger can't win
The game has been settled before it begins
Had he the power you claim, he'd shatter away
Knowing what's been done in his name

You're all in the papers, you're all in the news
And the town is drowning in blood-soaked revenues
But through all the pride and the muscles of men
Who glances behind the bar counter

Because in this race, the stronger can't win
The game has been settled before it begins
Could he speak he would say, a lot hasn't changed
From the time we crawled out of the caves
From the time we crawled out of the caves