We read you loud and clear
The final curtain call
See all the people cheer
Backs up against the wall
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The sinners must atone
They're living on their knees
The priests are casting stones
And claiming victories
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We slave away
To the sound and the fury
We lose the will
Of the body and mind
We break new ground
There's another one to bury
We waste away
Just standing in line
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Here in our rotting world
We say our last goodbyes
For every boy and girl
Civilization dies
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So let the history show
What's written in the sand
Before the falling snow
Covers the tracks of man