Altered State

Do you tune into news that is giving you the blues yeah?

Then you fuckin' shoot up a school?

Are you feeling so confused with the madness that ensues yeah?

Then you fuckin' shoot up a school?

When the murder rate is high and they bully and they lie yeah

Then you fuckin' shoot up a school?

And when the food in short supply costs way too much to buy yeah

Then you fuckin' shoot up a school?

and all the kids say

No way you can save the hostages

He's gonna show you how fucking lost he is

And the news won't miss a trick

Sellin' fear for truth don't it make you sick

All the lies and the deep deception

Making you cling to your misperception

Disconnect while you still can

Perpetual violence is their gameplan

When your media obsession leads to dark depression

Then you fuckin' shoot up a school?

When they further your repression another puppet session

Then you fuckin' shoot up a school?

When the killer's on the loose and the use of force misused

Then you fuckin' shoot up a school?

And the years of their abuse makes you want to grab a noose

Then you fuckin' shoot up a school?

and all the kids say

No way you can save the hostages

He's gonna show you how fucking lost he is

And the news won't miss a trick

Sellin' fear for truth don't it make you sick

All the lies and the deep deception

Making you cling to your misperception

Disconnect while you still can

Perpetual violence is their gameplan

Hey you, yes you, looking at yourself in the mirror

You, yes you, stuck in traffic every day

You, yes you, look me in the eyes when I'm spittin' in your face

Yes, yes you, you better take a long hard look at yourself

When they're trafficking your kids and you wanna leave the grid yeah

And you drop a hit a Syd and you're happy that you did yeah

And if the fentanyl won't kill you the cancer probably will

And when they're sending in the bill see the prophecy fulfilled

Why did you shoot up that school?

And when covid closes schools in a country full of fools yeah