I've been walking through your streets
Where all your money's earning
Where all your buildings crying and clueless neckties working
Revolving fake lawn houses, housing all your fears
Desensitized by TV
Overbearing advertising, god of consumerism
And all your crooked pictures looking good
Mirrorism, filtering information for the public eye
Designed for profiteering, your neighbor, what a guy

Boom, boom, boom, boom
Every time you drop the bomb
You kill the God your child has born
Boom, boom, boom, boom

Modern globalization, coupled with condemnations
Unnecessary death
Matador corporations
Puppeting your frustrations with the blinded flag
Manufacturing consent is the name of the game
The bottom line is money, nobody gives a fuck
4000 hungry children leave us per hour from starvation
While billions are spent on bombs, creating death showers

Boom, boom, boom, boom,
Every time you drop the bomb
You kill the God your child has born
Boom, boom, boom, boom,
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom

Why must we
Kill our own kind?

Boom, boom, boom, boom
Every time you drop the bomb
You kill the God your child has born
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Boom, boom, boom, boom
Every time you drop the bomb (boom)


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    Hey, embryosystem, where did system say they wont use these songs for the next album? can you get me a link? Cuz i have the songs but I'm afraid that when their next album cums out i wont have anything new...I think this song is obvious...it's about problems in the world, how all people care about is money and themselves, and how wrong doings are covered-up and lied about, hence the "blinding flag" This song gave me shivers when i first heard it....it's perfect. There are so many potent messages in this song. i love it.

    soadxon May 13, 2002   Link

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