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Rat King
05:16
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VERSE 1
You killed the men of peace who tried
to find a trace of good inside
the shallow space where once you had a heart
And now the rats of war shall rise
which you say only justifies
the cruelty that your troops have made an art
You told us trust the system, but we've seen that's a mistake
The powerful and rich are no one's friend
You cut our tails a thousand times to force our bond to break
but every knife is blunted in the end
We will not leave a man alive who kept us underneath his thumb
The only king that will survive
will be the one that we become
CHORUS
Rat king, writhing
Rat king, thriving
You can never hope to kill us all
Rat king, gnawing
Rat king, sawing
Tear apart your mansions, burn your halls
Rat king, winding
Rat king, grinding
Abdicate or die upon your throne
Rat king, jurors
Rat king, judge
These shallow graves you've dug will be your own
VERSE 2
You promised that the gold would flow
and yet it only seems to go
in circles swirling up into the sky
Your stolen wealth, for what it's worth
will only drag you down to earth
and once you're in our grasp, you're gonna fry
You look at us with such disgust aboard your gleaming yachts
Each plea for mercy heard, considered, spurned
But corpses drowned will rise back up, and though our bodies rot
the lights upon our backs will always burn
You taught us want and hunger so that you could feed on need and war
But now you cannot stem the tide
for wanting taught us wanting more
CHORUS
VERSE 3
You tell us we can be the boss
You'll bear the profits, us the loss
You'll gild our chains and claim that we've been freed
Now predator as well as prey
and just as hungry either way
You can't stonewall forever, friend, we'll feed
You need a partner for this dance, the rats or else the reaper
but you already chose so long ago
His steps are less demanding and his going rate is cheaper
and now at last he'll bring you what you sow
Birthed for toil, fed on rot
your pleasure built upon our pain
Best pray your crimes will be forgot
when the rat king reigns
CHORUS
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Die Yuppie Scum
02:22
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VERSE 1
Tell us 'bout the future that you're building
on others' backs and using others' hands
And brag about the mountains you have emptied
while war engulfs the vast surrounding lands
You pitch us yet another batch of bullshit
You take us for another fucking ride
The only way this stupid old charade can end
is in a boardroom murder-suicide
CHORUS x2
Die yuppie scum!
Die yuppie scum!
Die yuppie scum!
Die, die, die already
Die yuppie scum!
Die yuppie scum!
Die yuppie scum!
Die, die, die!
VERSE 2
You're up at five each day to greet the morning
At work by seven, go to bed at nine
Subsist on only salad, juice and vodka
and somehow think your life is going fine
You lecture us with quarter-truths and line graphs
explaining why we shouldn't crush your skull
If you're gonna be this evil and conniving
then why the hell you gotta be so dull?
CHORUS x2
VERSE 3
So choke on your ties and branded t-shirts
and throw your worthless product to the floor
The apple of your broken ideology
is cyanide from skin to flesh to core
You could've fought off poverty and hunger
I guess that you still will when paired with wine
They say to run full speed ahead and break things
so how about we start off with your spine?
CHORUS x2
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Max Knightley Chicago, Illinois
Trans lesbian who makes punk, electronica, and music for video games. Stay angry, but keep your eyes open to the beauty of the world.
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