Why destroy every sacred sign   Breathe smoke swallow tainted water   We rise trample the earth with heavy awkward feet   And nothing happens fast enough for the men of the industry      Small minds ignore the dangers   Trust ourselves with imperfect strangers   Like rats as we scurry up the sails   Weak winds seem to suck up softly   And loose lips sink a fleet of longing   The price lies too hollow in our way      Cut loose from the bondage of consent   Lay fire to the hills and drag cold fatal nets   And I'm alone with the countless morals and contempt   And on the distant canvas the grass seems greener   On some imagined other side      We take our turn   One by one just let it burn   Our sins we'll have to pay   Endgame when we throw it all away      With short sight   See it all fall down   Fade to righteous   We're lying to ourselves      Still believe it all   We watch the systems fall   Watch them fall