All Consuming Fire

False Maria rises up from the corporate slab, all clad in flawless steel
"Hello, boys " she says and the pack dogs gather
Slavering around at her heels
And the women all try to stretch their faces, trying to look more like her
And then chanting her name, they hurl themselves deep
Into the all-consuming fire.
So onwards the feast to end all feasting, Onward to Midas' hole
Where the treasures of the world reproduce themselves, like a hoard of cancerous cells
You can track the spread of the virus, by the news reader's colourful attire
Let's go there now, reporting live
From the chaos scenes at the all-consuming fire.
So save us from these justifications
Every one of them is a lie
Pax Americana rains and rains
From two miles in the sky
Men rise from their beds and shave their heads
And wait for the orders to come
But there's still no word, there's still no word
There's still no word from the front.
While a billion hungry eyes are watching us
From beyond the citadel walls
We found a thousand ways to lay waste the planet
And we're gonna use them all
Yeah, culture in two dimensions
Is all that we require, because it burns so well, It burns so well
So blazing bright, in the all-consuming fire.
The captain abandoned ship years ago
But nobody thought to inquire
And so the band plays on, we sail gently west
Into the all-consuming fire.