1. The Decline
The Decline
Where are all these stupid people from and how
did they get to be so dumb? Bred on purple mountain range Feed amber
waves of grains To lesser human beings, zero feelings Blame it on human
nature, man's destiny Blame it on the greediocracy The fear of God, the
fear of change, fear of truth Add the Bill of Rights Subtract the wrongs,
there's no answers Memorize and sing Star spangled songs, when the questions
Aren't ever asked Is anybody learning from the past We're living in united
stagnation Father what have I done. I took that 22. A gift
for me from you to bed with me each night. Kept it clean polished
it well. Cherished every cartridge every shell Down by the creek
under brush under dirt There's a carcass of my second kill Down at the
park under stone under pine There's a carcass of my brother William Brother
where have you gone to I swear I never thought I could I see so many times
They told me to shoot straight, don't pull The trigger squeeze, that will
insure A kill, a kill is what you want To kill is why we breed The Christians
love their guns the church and NRA Pray for their salvation Prey on lower
faiths The story book's been read And every line believed The curriculum's
been set Logic is a threat Reason searched & seized Jerry spent some
Time in Michigan A 20 year vacation After all he had a dime A dime is worth
a Lot more in Detroit A dime in California Just a 20 dollar fine Jerry
only stayed A couple months It's hard to enjoy Yourself while Bleeding
out the ass Asphyxiation is Simple and fast It beats 17 fun years Of being
someone's bitch Don't think Drink your wine Watch the fire burn His problems
not mine Just be that model citizen I wish I had a schilling for every
senseless killing I'd buy a government. America's for sale and You
can get a good deal on it and make a healthy Profit, or maybe tear it apart
you start with Assumption, that a million people are smarter than one Serotonin's
gone she gave up drifted away Sara fled though process gone She left her
answering machine on The greeting left spoken sincere Messages no one will
ever hear 10,000 messages a day a million more transmissions lay Dead victims
of the laissez faire 10,000 voices 100 guns, 100 decibels turns to one,
one bullet One empty head now with serotonin gone The man that used to
speak Performs a cute routine. Feel a little patronized. Don't
feel bad. They found A way inside your head And you feel a bit misled.
It's not that they don't Care. The television's Put a thought inside
your Head like a Barry Manilow Jingle I'd like to teach the World to sing
in perfect Harmony a symphonic blank Stare. It doesn't make you care.
Not designed to make you care. They're betting you wont care.
They'll place a wager on your greed. A wager on your pride Why try
to beat them when a million others tried We are the whore. Intellectually
spayed We are the queer Dysfunctionally raised One more pill to kill the
pain, One more pill to kill the pain One more pill to kill the pain, Living
through conformity One more prayer should keep me safe. One more
prayer to keep us safe One more prayer to keep us safe There's gonna be
a better place Lost the battle lost the war lost the things Worth living
for lost the will to win the fight One more pill to kill the pain The going
gets tough the tough get debt Don't pay attention pay the rent our next
of kins Pay for your sins a little faith should keep us safe Save us The
human existence is failing Resistance essential. The future Written
off. The odds are astronomically Against us only Moron and genius
would fight a Losing battle against the super Ego when giving in is so
damn comforting And so we go on with our lives we Know the truth but prefer
lies Lies are simple. Simple is bliss. Why Go against tradition when
we can Admit defeat. Live in decline. Be the Victim of our
own design With status quo built on suspect. Why would anyone stick
out their Neck fellow member of club We've got ours. I'd Like to
introduce You to our host He's got his and I've Got mine. Meet The
Decline.