Benevolent Paternalism Lyrics

Sometimes it can be quite hard for you plebs

To be adults and calmly face reality

That if left to yourselves without a guiding hand

You'd all quickly revert to beasts

Count your lucky stars that you have got us

Your superiors in every way

Who unlike your hopeless stupid parents

Will not spare the rod when you've gone astray

In the deep past there was the Godhead

Back then all of us were his children

Until the day came when we killed him

The rich took his place and surpassed him

Swing the sword and wield the scepter

Give unto us what we ask of you

We're your masters

We have predetermined all your places

Based on how you can be best used for us

When we flourish it is for your benefit

Even though it may feel like you're stuck

Rigid hierarchy is inevitable

Just the consequence of progress

That so many suffer is natural

Would you rather have to live in the wilderness

In the deep past there was the Godhead

Back then all of us were his children

Until the day came when we killed him

The rich took his place and surpassed him

Swing the sword and wield the scepter

Give unto us what we ask of you

We're your masters

There's a reason we usually ignore you all

Cuz you have the logic of a child

Far too often you are all enthralled

With your insistence that you all must eat

If you only had the mental discipline

To accept some of you have a lesser role

Then we wouldn't have to crack the whip

As we burn away the old and weak

Though it may seem cruel it is generous

In all things we do we are measured

When we deal out death it's compassion

Our plan is past your comprehension

In the deep past there was the Godhead

Back then all of us were his children

Until the day came when we killed him

The rich took his place and surpassed him

Swing the sword and wield the scepter

Give unto us what we ask of

We're your masters

We're your masters

We're your masters