We've learned that war is peace and freedom is slavery Ignorance is strength and abuse is generosity Destruction is salvation It's somehow fitting that their end is our beginning Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past The country was sold for some TV ratings Confidence has been absorbed in ignorance We're addicted to the black mirrors, it sucks the soul out of us slowly, a little dopamine at a time We're all junkies about to od, we're junkies about to od on electric vanity It's a dark place, yet there is light and there is life Life within us and the others surrounding us We must look in and around us Beyond the land of the blind, where the man with one eye is king Stare into the abyss my friend Stare into the abyss my wounded brothers Witness the apathy, witness the shattered ones Blinded by lies to try and mislead Witness the apathy, witness the shattered ones Blinded by lies to try and mislead Blinded by the apathy - witness the shattered ones, witness the shattered ones We've been given the torch, we're the ones in - we're the ones in control What sort of future awaits of those that succeed us? What sort of lessons will we bestow upon them now? How can - how can we move on when we can't be taught ourselves? We can't give up - we can't give up trying