the Ballad of late-era capitalism lyrics

One man’s given is one man’s taken away

One man’s prison is one man’s private estate

One man’s on the board

One man’s overboard

One more wolf at the gate

And then we dance around (dancing the dance of the slave)

As they steal this town (they can’t steal what we give away)

And the walls come down

One brick after another

Two religions is two religions too much

Cause too many vicars got too many scriptures fucked up

Too many battle scars

Too many false alarms

I’m too tired to wake ‘em all up

They watch us dance around (dancing the devil away)

As they bleed this town (electrical heavenly gates)

And St. Paul cries out

There’s no more kingdom my brother

The meek shall inherit each other

One more waterboard

One bored overlord

One more soul has to drown

While we dance around (dancing and taking down names)

As they torch this town (dancing and fanning the flames)

And the walls come down (nothing to lose but your chains)

Yeah it all comes down

To one prick after another

Some sad sick motherfuckers

Keep us one brick short of each other (look who’s laughing’ now)