Power serves itself Power, and no one else Desire to command is a bestial urge So those in power must be purged Power serves itself Power, and no one else Noble intentions that twist perverse Fatal poison is power's curse The secret curse Privilege kills the minds and hearts of all A handful crowned and the rest made to crawl Power once delegated will turn on us Its nature is not to serve but to oppress Leaders misuse their power is what you think No, my friend, they simply use is the thing Power is inherently wrong It splits the people into weak and strong Who protects us from ourselves? Power serves itself Power and no one else Power serves itself Power and no one else Marching up a cliff Charmed by a gleaming crown Joining hands we leap We all fall down Dehumanized become the poor Troughed cattle to be slaughtered Poisoned by the lure to lord We eat our sons and daughters Power blooms its venomed flower Whose sickly fumes impel Our rulers to twist democracies Into hegemonic hells Ours is the sickness of the deer which is shot Because it is the activity of the hunters to shoot him Electing those who we know will turn Betrayal which we never learn Knowing they protect their own interests With bayonets and clenched fists