To Rule the Ashes

When the hurly-burly's done

When the helter skelter's just begun

You can fight or you can run, but

don't be surprised when the other side has guns

Do you remember how we got such frigid shoulders?

Or how it felt when we weren't so sick and scared?

Remember when you said the idiots were taking over?

Cuz I remember when you helped to put 'em there

All our enemies are dead

Unless they're dying

But I guess that's what they get -

they're still lying

I know

You know

We know they know we know

Can't understand it man

They've gotta live here too ya know

Find the early rising ones

Wide awake when the nightmare's yet to come

Mind your pulse as the distant drums

Beat us all into a primal lust for blood

They won't tell you when your youthful dreams are over

Clear and present in your thousand-mile stare

Now I question everything they ever told us

And I wonder if you ever even cared

Friends and families are dead

Unless they're dying

But I guess that's what we get

For lying to ourselves

I know

You know

They know we know they know

Can't understand the plan

We've gotta live here too ya know