Bliss Lyrics

Broke into the silence with a scream of many tongues

Had the rest sit silent so they wouldn't hafta run

Taking things in stride was never my strong suit

No way to predict there'd be such hated for it oh yeah

Money wasn't helping anyone keep on breathing

The rivers ran with slime the kitchen was deserted

Places that were sacred had long ago been burned

There was no act of mercy we had no feel for shame oh yeah

The only ones who felt were the ones who hadn't aged

But age was not a teacher it had choked on its own lies

The pulpit was the shrine to the death of all that shone

Making this a battle ground was everybody's job oh yeah

To bring the people down took more than they thought

The good just wouldn't yield so they're trampled underfoot

The louder they called out the further they were pushed

Into the furnace of the damned that spewed the venom hate oh yeah

Lunch was served at midday for the ones who guard the gate

The total lack of confidence required no restraint

The bunting on the stage was torn the speech laid on the ground

The people who had gathered listened to the bloated clown oh yeah

The afterthought was funny but there was no one left to laugh

The comics were the serious ones the jokes were all in vain

Turning to the fakery that built the nasty game

Took all the time they had no one was to blame oh yeah

The poets lie the singers cry the painters fade away

Nothing touches anyone unless they want to pay

The long night passed without a single shot

And it was never certain if they won or not oh yeah

They had no way to tell which was the better plan

So it was just decided to leave it for another time

Thoughts and prayers were sent by all

Ya they showed they had such real concern oh yeah

Lucky no one pointed out that people never learn

With all this time and money spent on better ways to kill

You need to know which wall is real and which you just believe

One will break you when you hit it the other is just not there oh yeah

Too many times to the well will dry it up you see

You can't drink your hopes and dreams even if they're free

Take a look at all the lessons history has to teach

And then tell me what it is you think that you can reach oh yeah