The International Issue Lyrics

Um, sir? Um, yes. We have a problem

It seems that someone has posted a protest sign on the side of the bank hall

Um, no sir. We can't take it down. It's the whole face of the building

It's been carved, into the marble. Yes sir, overnight

Yes, I understand. Ok sir

Hello, Cathy? Yes, this is Mike with today's news

Yes, I'll be right there. No, no that isn't necessary

Yes, I'm quite sure. Okay, yes you too. Okay then

People all around the world are rising up against the one percent

In cities all around the world, we're seeing protests of all kinds

The dominant strategy appears to be art projects

People are throwing art projects like bombs

These works are focused on the message and designed to counter the propaganda of the far right

They want to educate the masses with truth and facts

Signs are posted everywhere

Murals and banners of protest

People are throwing art projects like bombs

These works are focused on the message and designed to counter the propaganda of the fascist money-and-power-making scheme

Chiron Devoit spent nearly 300 million dollars to get Diasthemus Strange elected

An immigrant who wants to detain and deport immigrants

Do you think he actually cares about this?

No, it's a red herring

It's a distraction from the real enemy: him, Diasthemus, and their cronies

They try to convince us that foreigners bring crime and disorder

Or, they're taking all the jobs

Well, they are taking all the jobs, because the CEOs outsourced the jobs for cheap labor

Benefitting from the hard work of citizens from other countries

They should be given dual citizenship, but it's irrelevant, although quite American

They spout their rhetoric to appeal to masses

To appear strong and moral

They're not strong and moral

They owned you

And they blame the left because the left also helps people who need help to survive because of them

(moral, strong)

But you don't like that either, because you were told to not like it by someone with authority, who appears strong and moral

Women are dying all over the country from complications with pregnancy, because they cannot get medically-necessary abortions

The baby has already died, but they don't want the baby removed (oh my god)

So, Mom dies too

Because some are so pro-life that they kill women who need surgery to survive

Because some are so pro-life that they force others to bring children into the world whom they know will receive as little support as possible

Because some are so pro-life that they view everything possible (except love) with rose colored glasses

You hate love

Schadenfreude, that's your hypocrisy

Oh, I'm sorry

I didn't mean that, but take a look at who has made you so angry

Someone with a dream

The world is our canvas

Intellect. Resourcefulness. Courage. Strength

Is this a threat?

It is to the billionaires, the ones who are babysitting all of your wealth

So they tell you to blame the left, and you believe them

You don't want your freedoms taken away

The Left creates and protects freedoms!

And you disagree

This is how they distract us

The wealthy pushing propaganda to turn the us against ourselves

And while we're fighting with each other, they steal all that they can, especially from you

Trickle-down economics was given a chance; that's how Citizens United stole the west!

"Corporations are people too, my friends"

They warned us that Marx is the threat because he's a threat to them, not you

We want to educate the masses with truth and facts

Works of protest are installed everywhere

Statues, sculptures, and paintings of protest!

Get witty, and show them what you've got!

Intellect. Resourcefulness. Courage. Strength

Labor unions protect the rights of workers

Are you a billionaire?

No? Then you're a worker!

Labor unions getting shut down, now that's our freedoms being taken away

You may not belong to a labor union, but ordinary people do

Ordinary people a lot like you, your neighbors

Conscientious billionaires! Moral millionaires!

Stand up! Prove your money or is that not your deal-stream?!

The world is our canvas

The world is our canvas!

Intellect! Resourcefulness! Courage! Strength!

The CEO of UnitedHealthcare was shot down

Executives removing bios and pictures from websites

And the curious question on their minds is

"Oh my, is our security detail enough?"

Unbelievable

Luigi has been caught

A 10k reward, for anyone, who knows who killed a multi-millionaire!

Are we still assigning a dollar value to life because I was thought that was an artifact of The Wild West

And how many 10k's are in 43 million?

Over four thousand?! (they're mocking us)

So, manhunt, all hands on deck

I'd like to see them put in that much effort when one of us poor U.S. citizens gets shot in protest, by Diasthemus!

We hold these truths to be self-evident

That all men are created equal

Protests in Georgia and Korea. The question of Syria

The Constitutional Court of Romania annulled their election, claiming Russian-style interference

We have plenty of evidence of the same here in the states

Devoit is a tool for the Falcon

So, why can't we do the same?

Because the democrats lost the election and scurried to concede!

It's time for a progressive stance that will defend our democracy

AOC is running to lead the Oversight Committee, and Representative Casar will head the progressive caucus

Bernie Sanders produced a documentary about Eugene V. Debs, a socialist who ran for president five times even after he was put in prison

It's on YouTube; check it out!

Terry Turchie, a former deputy assistant director of the FBI Counterterrorism Division, admitted that "one of the missions of the FBI in its counterintelligence efforts was to try to keep these people (progressives and self-described socialists) out of office"

This country welcomed fascism

It's a through line down the modern Republican Party

So, who will take a stand for the future?

It belongs to all of us

That's all we ever said!

But no, communists are the enemy, the enemy within

Communists who dream of free elections!

That's right, communism can coincide with democracy

It's capitalism that is incompatible with communism

A healthy democracy would teach this fact, if it was secure in its beliefs

A healthy democracy would be open to lessons from all potential structures

But you fear communism, so it is happy to come back and haunt you!

I'm not in favor of violence, but we have to do something to take our world back!

We have to take it back, so that we can return it to the natives

It's time that we acknowledge that this land was stolen by our ancestors, and look what happened

We have to make our choices thinking seven generations down the road

Seven generations from now, I want the originals to be back in control!

I have faith in Native America

Perhaps, with a Native American president, a Native American cabinet, senate, and house, we would stop being the laughing stock of the world!

We might actually earn back some respect

Was the biggest military in the world your attempt at earning peoples' respect?

Because fear is not respect

Fear is a necessary and natural response to force

Riddle me this, how much would peace cost?

More than 840 billion dollars a year?

Deny, defend, and depose

Pretty flowers, is that what you want?

Freedom of speech is fine, when it's the propaganda that serves them!

We have to be willing to face the consequences of taking a stand

Our best defense is the law of large numbers

Four sticks cannot be broken by hand when they are tied together, but individually, they can be broken easily

We must act in groups, educating and combatting the propaganda machine

We're all public educators!

Our focus should be the swing voters

Do they really feel represented by the far right?

Our party is the party of common sense

Lies about socialism were put in place because the wealthy want to retain the money that they've stolen, and they stole the government!

Democratic socialism serves to benefit all, equally, with an even hand

If our resources were shared equally, all of us "communists" would have a greatly improved quality of life!

Defund education!

Collapse our social institutions and cut the programs!

Do you really believe in this?

They want to enslave us all to the stars and beyond!

Fast forward seven generations, and let's take a look at how well capitalism and democratic socialism operate

With capitalism, we have the holier-than-thou space trillionaire pharaohs

They want us enslaved for all time, using us as their wealth-generating machine

With democratic socialism, we have egalitarian utopias!

Where everyone has all that they need

What's so threatening about that?

To these solipsistic inhuman monsters

It's that the resources are taken back!

What naturally belongs to all of us

The wealth that we created, back in our hands

Billionaires and CEOs claim that they create value

They don't. Art & Science create value!

Art defends the ages against tyranny

The names and faces change, but Art remains the same

New generations discover Art and connect it to the struggles of their lives

That's value. Value is not tied to the dollar or any currency

This is their central lie!

Art & Science belong to the people!

But any time we create violence, they win

Violence is theirs

CEOs make 300 times what a typical worker earns

Surely, that's because they're working 300 times as hard

This does not mean that they deserve to be gunned-down in the streets, no one does!

But CEOs need to acknowledge that their wealth is directly connected with the exploitation of labor

So, who's the traitor?

We're slaves, and our salaries are just enough to keep us complacent

It's a hostage situation!

As long as you feel satisfied, they'll continue to rob you!

This is slavery. There is no doubt about that

Freedom to buy into one of a set of sanctioned lifestyles

Freedom to buy the guitar that suits your personality

Freedom to turn the other way when veterans are living in tents underneath the highway

Freedom is the wherewithal, ability, and choice to grow

Freedom is overturning paradigms and embracing new worldviews that more clearly and accurately describe our situation

And acting on those worldviews

Opportunity is all around us

It's never too late!

Yes, we have a thin veneer of freedom

It goes well with our thin veneer of patience

The Falcon wants to destabilize everyone, so that he can take over the entire world

Chiron & Diasthemus think they can beat him to it, but he has them in the palm of his hand!

It's just a matter of time before the Falcon outsmarts them!

We gave our country to the only people who can't see what's going on

Hubris and risk, plain and simple

The Russian oligarchs have generations more experience than other tyrants do

This is the problem with hierarchy!

This is the international issue

The power grab never ends, but these people all have one thing in common

Wealth

The goal is peace

But no, right against left, rich against poor, East against West

This is their value!

Can't you see that we all need to take responsibility, step down, and share the power and wealth?

Just imagine if we met aliens like ourselves

Worlds War 12!

The end of all things in existence

Quantum computer "willow wars" across parallel dimensions!

With deep fakes!

You want to make a mark on history?

Then establish world peace or die trying!

I can't survive in a capitalist system because capitalism is against my religion, Buddhism

I believe that the extinction of suffering is humanity's purpose in this universe, and I cannot oblige a society that systematically creates and promotes suffering on all fronts!

So, this is why I'm a woke snowflake

I'm awakened, because I'm awake in an insane system!

Throw your eggs at me!

I'm a drain on society, when all I ever do is try to improve society and pave the way for future artists and freedom fighters

So that they might have an easier time standing up against these forces!

People like me are marginalized from capitalism by design

Musicians! Take a stand!

Stop chasing the synthwave and act on principle!

Reject being vague and embrace meaning!

Put meaning in your works, and make it impossible for people to ignore us

Let's start the largest artistic, social movement that the world has ever seen

And once we've finished the task, let us not stop there

Judges and lawyers should not be in charge of society

They shouldn't even exist!

Their entire existence is based on fear

Let's prove that a better world can be built, one without their borders or their laws

We don't need their law!

Their law only serves to consolidate power and resources into their hands!

They threaten us on fear that their law serves a purpose

It does, to preserve their power and wealth

We need a law that defends the poor and raises the defenseless

That's American!

That's why this country was established against such tyranny

UnitedHealth Group makes enough profit to solve world hunger

Amazon has the infrastructure to provide for all, but Jeff Bezos owns the world

And he's not giving it back

Some have already claimed ownership in space

Space belongs to no one, and neither does our planet

These human constructs are like children's games!

(with real consequences)

Their claim is entirely because they say so

They decided what's best for them in their champagne clubhouse meetings, and we were kept out by private security: money & law

The club of billionaires is a fossil, a relic of the past

They will not enslave us to the stars!

They will not be able to hold us in privatized prisons for standing up for virtue!

This whole situation is a farce, and the Founding Fathers are rolling over in their graves!

I am sick of being considered the same species as these people

We are not the same species

I would never do that to you!

If I was a billionaire, I would use the public's money to weaken the power of money

I would create a foundation that exists to persuade against consumerism and materialism, and instead promote compassion and self-determination

These changes are hard, but we can put the gears in place for future generations to benefit

Governments exist to help us do what we cannot do individually, but a government has taken power that believes it exists to profit from suffering!

And abandon us in the rubble of Earth!

Soon, the private prison industry will have a same-sex marriage with the military-police state, and all that's good will be quashed in the crib

Quietly put to bed, like a pillow over our mouths and noses

Pro-life means standing up against that!

We're pro-life! Get smart!

Will you go quietly? Or, will you take a stand?

We don't have to agree on everything, but would you consider the impact of greed on society?

Join the fight! Educate yourself and others

Know that what you do will be documented for all time to come

Do you want that twisted and perverted into an unrecognizable lie that supports fascist authoritarianism?

Or do you want the truth about your actions to be remembered as they are?

Stop the violence, but defend democracy

We can win through non-violent means, and that's what scares them the most

When everyone and everywhere are united into a common purpose, to express humanity and humane treatment of those who see things differently

To build a world where everyone has all that they need to grow and become who they were meant to be

It may very well be that the never-ending influx of slimy, greedy, power-driven imbeciles is actually a horde of goblins, answering a call from the king of deregulation

So, we need to defend ourselves against that!

We shall do this through pillars of virtue that can withstand the corrosive spit of the cynical, immoral ones

Installed with surgical precision into our law, the law of the people

Immoral doesn't even capture it anymore

Evil does

And there's no greater evil than billionaires killing a world and/or enslaving its people for all time!

Pick a side, one that has your best interests at heart

I'll give you a hint

I am the Eggman, goo-goo g'joob!