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Wealth is a sick manâs game.
Those who have it and those who hunger for it.
To the victor go the spoils of fame -
those who seek it, and those who abhor it.
Evil is a very real concept,
boiling in the bellies of the graceful.
Toiling in the fortress in their complex,
to our employers we are faithful.
A number arises and thereâs a spark in the eye,
obscuring the vision, clouding the mind.
âI am the authority on who deserves what.
To continue your prosperity, youâve gotta pay a little cut.
Weâll be ruthless and cutthroat and get what we deserve.
Weâll remove each tooth from each swollen mouth and finger at the nerve.â
When a hand makes a fist, sometimes knuckles crack and break.
When that fist strikes the ground, the plates will shift, the Earth will shake.
Knuckle bones now exposed-true intention, self serving goals.
Bank accounts that tell of rape. The plates will shift, the Earth will shake.
Evil is a very real concept,
dancing in the diner to your upset.
Sharing drinks and laughing through their teeth.
So drape yourself in the finest velvets, cape, mask, and tights,
and jump from the closest, tallest building and reach new heights.
Revel in the adoration you acquire.
Dive into the altruism you inspire.
Then sit back and pour a drink, relax
cause no one sees the other half.
The same qualities that you despise
are the qualities you personify.
SO dig deep and find your buried heart.
I know itâs in there somewhere.
Acquisition isnât all there is,
and no oneâs too broken they canât be repaired.
Revisions of histories et al. abound.
It flatters me now. It flatters me nowâ¦
âHey spin that song back, itâs my favourite.
It flatters me now. It flatters me now.â
- Album:
- Pacific Myth
- Volition
- Gallop Meets The Earth
- Fortress
- Miscellaneous
- Scurrilous
- Compilation
- Harbinger
- Pacific Myth (Deluxe Edition)
- Pacific Myth (Deluxe)
- Tidal
- Cataract
- Ragged Tooth
- Cold Water
- VISIONS: All Areas, Volume 126
- Scurrilous (International Version)
- Hair-Trigger
- The Best of Protest the Hero
- Things Could Be Worse
- Kezia