How many times will they lie to us Until we decide it’s enough They wage a war Enlist the poor And call their culture ignorant When will it be enough And they scream in pain while beating me Playing the victim Bleeding us dry We’re trapped in a coma and can’t wake up How can you know what’s actually real When you’re told how to think and what to feel Beware of what you cannot see The curtains guarded carefully And they scream in pain while beating me Playing the victim Bleeding us dry Unaware our minds are in a cage They’ve decorated to numb the pain And now the empire crumbles down And you can see what they’re all about