Foot to the Throat

Virginia death threat

Virginia creeper vine

The hands that feed intent

Choke the purpose of this time

Take all that you can give

And I will make it mine

No care for what you've spent

Even fool's gold has its shine

Never held down, never restrained

Virtue's foot to the throat

Free of broken chains

Thus always do tyrants

Laugh at the conquered

The victims now betray

And in this Commonwealth

There's merely a common concern for self

We hold these lies to be self-evident

As the dividends will reflect

And in this Commonwealth

There's merely a common concern for self

The coffers have long run dry

Never held down, never restrained

Virtue's foot to the throat

Free of broken chains

Thus always do tyrants

Laugh at the conquered

The victims now betray

The victims now betray

Like a bull in a china shop

But the shelves have all been cleared

A thief in an empty vault

The sheep already sheared

Like a bull in a china shop

But the shelves have all been cleared

A thief in an empty vault

The sheep already sheared

(A screen door on a submarine)

(An eagle with a broken wing)

(Hope in a dead-man's dream)

(The sound of a bell that will never ring)

You're just wasting time

You're just wasting time

You're wasting time