Gone To Black Lyrics

One twenty-fourteen. It was a whole world ago

Shit was hitting the fan so rapidly but none of us was in the know

I had Korn in my headset and a whole lotta work to do

Passion in heart and a handful of friends who were like family

Those people were you

Times were tough

Often rough

But there was also some cool stuff

To remember and cherish

To build and embellish

A sense of a better future that's not too far out of reach

A whole lotta hopes, a whole lotta struggles, a whole lotta dreams per each

God, I wish I'd known things were getting so fucking serious

But I have been libtarded and understandably oblivious

Deaf and blind to a new conflict so dark and hideous

Blood brothers got ripped apart, a nation went delirious

Fuck the fuckers who sold it out! Another proxy war

Civilians shelled in the East, at my motherland's door

I wish I knew the scope, the magnitude, and all that that entails

As I was waving goodbye to you and hoping to see you when peace prevails

When peace prevails

When peace prevails

But things started to take an unexpected turn

Brother, they ramped up the propaganda while the Donbas burned

The growing division, the ever-uglier lesions

Of a domestic terror campaign dubbed a democratic vision

What a shit show

So you and others were getting further and further away

As I was watching you and getting more awake

To the fact that it's not about the thousands of miles that set us apart

But rather about what's in the mind and heart

Lo and behold! Agreements are tattered and torn

The same old crazy puppeteers are pushing and pushing their scorn

From overseas while your bloody clown cooks up a storm

The Cold War never ended hence the diplomacy porn

I thought we were friends but seeds of discord have been long sown

Now hatred, delusion, and paranoia are born

Fuck you! Instead of Batka Makhno, you picked Stepan Bandera

What is your cover story? War on Russian terror?

Come two twenty-four twenty twenty-two

All hell breaks loose, and now there's nothing I really can do

But hold my middle ground and face the inevitable

Radical ideas make common sense severable

I tried to save our friendship but it was all getting out of wack

Relentless lies, the talking heads and pundits picked up the slack

Your rage is misplaced 'cause you fell victim to a psyop attack

I lost you, one by one, and now you're gone to black

Lost!

You're gone to black

Lost, lost

Now, you're gone to black

Lost, lost, lost

And now, you're gone to black

Gone to black

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The world won't be the same

And there's no going back

Our past is buried in the flames

And bitter charred ashes

It didn't have to end

In mindless loss of life

How many more will find their death

Before the sun rises?

How many more will be sacrificed?

How many billions will suffice?

How many crooked mirrors will project the lies

That a psychopathic leviathan devised?

The devil knew where to place the bait

Seduce a handful and conquer all the state

The demiurge is a hegemonic demagogue at best

A self-elected god eager to molest

The world

The world

And now, you're gone to black

And now, you're gone to black

All gone to black

One by one, one by one

All gone to black

One by one, one by one

It didn't have to end

In mindless loss of life

How many more will find their death

Before the sun rises?

I wish you didn't have to go, I wish I never had to stay

You never know when is that last goodbye, tomorrow or today

I loved and hoped and waited but there's no going back

I lost you, one by one, and now you're gone to black