Watch

the

gears

grind

off

their

teeth

The

scree-

ching

halt

ma-

chine

Dig-

ging

heels

in

dis-

be-

lief

Two

reac-

ti-

o-

nal

i-

den-

ti-

ties

Op-

po-

sing

po-

li-

cies

A

bait-

and-

switch

rou-

tine

Double-

takes

and

double-

speak

Still

scrip-

ting

the

facade

As-

phy-

xi-

ate

and

choke

the

truth

All

hail

the

mo-

ney

god

Re-

peat,

echo,

ref-

rain

It's

all

the

same

So

dea-

fe-

ning

Re-

peat,

echo,

refrain

A

con-

seq-

uence

We

asked

for

this

Re-

peat,

echo,

ref-

rain

No,

ne-

ver

a-

gain

The

A-

me-

ri-

can

scream

A

coup

d'état

on

full

disp-

lay

A

liar's

sick

cha-

rade

A

trai-

tor's

grand

pa-

rade

Nar-

cis-

sis-

tic

mas-

que-

rades

For

those

with-

out

a

say

Sys-

te-

ma-

tic

di-

sar-

ray

Di-

vide

and

con-

quer

and

close

them

in

And

bu-

ry

sec-

rets

deep

Make

A-

me-

ri-

ca

hate

again

And

bleed

the

sheep

to

sleep

Repeat,

echo,

refrain

It's

all

the

same

So

deafening

Repeat,

echo,

refrain

A

consequence

We

asked

for

this

Repeat,

echo,

refrain

No,

never

again

The

American

scream

Scream

You

try

to

pick

the

les-

ser

of

But

e-

vil

doesn't

come

in

twos

Bel-

li-

cose

and

bal-

ka-

nized

A

sin-

king

ship

of

fools

So

kiss

the

hang-

man

as

you

drop

The

rot-

ting

corpse

of

de-

cen-

cy

Just

a-

no-

ther

ca-

su-

al-

ty

of

the

A-

me-

ri-

can

scream

Scream

The

A-

me-

ri-

can

scream

Re-

peat,

echo,

re-

frain

It's

all

the

same

So

dea-

fe-

ning

Re-

peat,

e-

cho,

ref-

rain

A

con-

se-

quence

We

asked

for

this

Re-

peat,

e-

cho,

ref-

rain

No,

ne-

ver

a-

gain

The

A-

me-

ri-

can

scream

Ne-

ver

a-

gain