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The fires burn, from a mile away The smell of smoke, diesel, crushed metal The sirens scream, all night and throughout the day Now the pressure's on the petal The blind servants merge on the counterattack They'll paint a different picture So where's the truth in that? The story's old, and so it's been sold out before But things are different now These signs you can't ignore They say such revolution Is just in fashion, man All of your self-delusions Against their master plan They hold the dice and the cards, darling You'd better cheat while you can Cheat while you can So does it take your own daughters and sons to die For you to wake on up Stop pushing this aside They say the calm is right before the storm Then chaos factors in As the tide turns Moving, shaping, crashing, burning Out of the ashes, what have we learned? Seeking, holding truth to power Beyond the realm of human concern We've seen it all We know what they'll do I'll toe the line But I've got news for you See I've got news for you All of the questions need the answers We deserve to know We need more comfort from this misery Then just another candle to hold As your friends drift away like a ghost Who were the ones you loved the most?