Homo sapiens a dying species
Poor sick dumb numb feeding faeces
Half-eaten starved beaten multiplying lying cheating
Lean mean unclean ammo for the gun-machine

Cannonfodder driven by fear
Last-class raw mass victims of the puppeteer
Human driftwood lepers pariah
Suicide bombers for the new messiah

Everybody do your part
Hope is life and fire to the heart

Rattle your chains
Never back down
Blow your brains
Stand your ground

Plutocratic rule and power
Rich fat small balls' final hour
Big last gulp end of reign
Flush dictators down the drain


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    I think that although this song has a lot to do with our current politcal situation, it is mainly about making a stand for your beliefs no matter what the opposition.

    VelvetAcidMikeon November 11, 2004   Link
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    It almost seems like an anti-Bush song, sort of a sympathetic approach to the backlash against the "allies" but without saying "hey, we think the terrorists are right." Afterall, most of us know Sacha doesn't like violence in the first place. Not on a war time scale anyway. What's the odd punch? hehe.

    tcplon September 17, 2004   Link
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    They sampled the drumroll at the beginning of 'Ikons' from the Xtort album and put in onto this song.

    samwaltonon August 30, 2007   Link

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