deception Lyrics

Shills! Leeches living off the blood

Of sovereignty's corruption

Dragging honor through the mud

Deception - blinded by malicious light

Lanterns filled with snake oil illuminating only lies

Knowledge suppressed by wolves in disguise

Selling us out as the jackals claim their prize

Shills! Leeches living off the blood

Of sovereignty's corruption dragging honor through the mud

Deception - blinded by malicious light

Knowledge suppressed by wolves in disguise

Driven by their lust for disproportionate

Capacity to satiate their greed

Resentful of the rabble's cries for decency

Consider heresy by tyrants who would rather see them bleed

Shills! Leeches living off the blood

Of sovereignty's corruption dragging honor through the mud

Deception - blinded by malicious light

Knowledge suppressed by wolves in disguise

The state is under siege by corporate lobbyists

Manipulating facts to fit their schemes (narrative/plot)

On behalf of plastic, lead and cigarettes

And their toxic waste polluting our rivers and streams

But of all the wretched perjury imposed

With its ill effects already brought to bear

Is the understated impact of carbon dioxide

Our climate is fucked and our leaders don't care

Undermining evidence through subterfuge and blackmail

Funding their own fraudulent inquest

Bribing academics who reside inside their pockets

While they intimidate and silence all the rest

Loosening their purse strings for public relations

"It's harmless!" so the advertisements claim

Beseeching us to "Trust the dutch boy and shun old man gloom"

All while fabricating scapegoats to circumvent the blame

Shills! Leeches living off the blood

Of sovereignty's corruption

Dragging honor through the mud

Deception - blinded by malicious light

Lanterns filled with snake oil illuminating only lies

Knowledge suppressed by wolves in disguise

Selling us out as the jackals claim their prize