They bought my silence, they sold my grief Pray for me… Pray for me They sold me hatred, they sold me greed They sold me violence and heresy They left me broken, they left me shamed They gave me something to quiet the pain They brought me tyrants and industry They bought the crime and perversion of me They dealt illusions of healers and thieves They pumped me full of delusions and dreams I’m down on my knees to worship at the Altar of my disease… She opens the door I’m down on the floor with my American whore She’s got me, she’s got me begging for more She’s got me chasing it, she’s got me clean She’s got me strung out and in between She sold my sacrifice, she sold my soul to vice She stole my name to seal the pain of a thousand lives Tear down the vacant messiah The fallen nation in rust Burn down the sacred asylum in lust They sold us out, they sold in God we trust In God we trust, it’s all in dust, it’s all of us We all know the maker, we all know the score I’m down on the floor with my American whore To love her or leave her, or take her to war I’m down on the floor with my American whore I’ve worn out my faces, I’ve torn at the sores I’m down on the floor with my American whore She breathes, she bleeds, she needs and she feeds She’s got me… She’s got me begging for more I’m down on the scene… I’m displaced, it seems I’m lost in the American dream