The Swine And The Pendulum

The prophets are bankers, the saviors are thieves,
They harvest the panic like autumn-born leaves!

Down in the mud, where the neon lights flicker!
(We're drowning slow!)
Feeding the swine, getting drunker and sicker!
(We've lost control!)
The pendulum swings, but it's all an illusion,
We're stuck in the sludge of our own self-confusion!
Hail to the greed, let the empires corrode!
We're paving the road to a digital ode...

Genetic code mixed with a microchip curse,
The rich get to live, and the poor get a hearse.
They're cloning the beef, but they're poisoning the well,
Selling us paradise... built on a shell!
Read the fine print on your contract to Hell,
Your soul's in the cloud, and they're billing you well!
Ignorance is bliss, but the bill's overdue,
The sky is collapsing, the chosen are few!

The prophets are bankers, the saviors are thieves,
They harvest the panic like autumn-born leaves!

Down in the mud, where the neon lights flicker!
(We're drowning slow!)
Feeding the swine, getting drunker and sicker!
(We've lost control!)
The pendulum swings, but it's all an illusion,
We're stuck in the sludge of our own self-confusion!
Hail to the greed, let the empires corrode!
We're paving the road to a digital ode...

Do you remember the sun?
Before the concrete won?
Do you remember the rain?
Before it brought the acid pain?
[Scream/Shout] NO! You sold it for a button!
You traded light for a screen's dull glutton!

Swing! (Chug) Swing! (Chug)
The weight of the fall!
Swing! (Chug) Swing! (Chug)
You're no one at all!

Down in the mud, where the neon lights flicker!
(We're dying slow!)
Feeding the swine, getting drunker and sicker!
(LET THE BODIES ROW!)
The pendulum stops! It's a final collision!
We're lost in the filth of our own superstition!
Ashes to ashes, and dust to dust!
The kingdom of nothing... is built on our lust!