Empty factories to the east and all our wasteThe shape of things that came shows on the broken workers faceTo the wes
t you'll find our silicon promised lands whereMachines replace our minds for systematic profit plansThe course of human progr
ess staggers like a drunkIts steps are quick and heavy and its mind is slow and bluntI look for optimism but I just dont know
Its seeds are planted in a poison place where nothing growsIts 1989 stand up and take a look aroundWeathers bitter tension i
t seems is sinking downDrunk with power and fighting one anotherEvery hour shows the winter getting harderTheres a freezeup
comingOne nation stands the tallest radiating blinding lightPlastic and fluorescent energy robbing us of sightSet in our way
content with our decayWe wave the flag of freedom as we conquer and invadeEver ask yrself wheres my place in this hellBut n
o ones there to tell you cuz they dont know that themselvesThe well rehearsed lines from our elated politiciansNo longer offe
r solace we can see the self destructionJust one political song to drop into the listThat is years and years long