The Dark Side

"Baby, will you go with me," he said "To a brand new city across the sea To the middle of the desert Where men with names control reality?" "We'll eat until we've had our fill And then, babe, we'll eat more still So go and get your bags all packed Be careful what you photograph, my dear" So they left and went far away Now they don't know what to say She's living in a busted car He's dying in a dungeon all alone Oh tell me, what it's like on the dark side Where nothing is ever what it seems Oh tell me, how's life on the dark side? Oh tell me, Love, are you alive at all? "Don't you worry, darling," he said "I'll be back when my work's done" He sold his land and said good-bye To his daughter and his son And so he sought his fortune Where the rich men with names dwell He left his wife for heaven And ended up in hell Now the lords, the gods of nothing Have him dying on the land Enslaved to the Emirates The pirates of the sand Oh tell me, what it's like on the dark side Where nothing is ever what it seems Oh tell me, how's life on the dark side? Oh tell me, Love, are you alive at all? And if you ask the beauty queen The girl of only 17 "What's really going on here?" She'll put her face down in her magazine The rich young man takes unholy pride While the old man justifies Their lives and how they made them "Don't you judge us!" he cries And all those who've spoken out Who refuse to fetch the bone The devil took their tickets out Now they're prisoners in their homes The ex-pats from the western world Rarely seem to show remorse For how they treat the servant class Those girls aren't even whores Credit is a cancer here It lets the rich men with names steal Every smile has a secret Oh, nothing here is real We're all sons of Abraham But we're nothing at all like him He dug holes to honor God We dig holes to hide the bodies So eat until you've had your fill Look at the ground, see what you've spilled Throw a cloth and hide the scraps Be careful what you photograph 'round here Oh tell me, what it's like on the dark side Where nothing is ever what it seems Oh tell me, how's life on the dark side Oh tell me, Love, are you alive at all? Oh, do you like what you've seen on the dark side? Oh, can you see anything at all? Oh God, please shine Your light on the dark side 'Cause we can't see anything at all