Blame it on human nature, man's destiny
Blame it on the greediocracy
The fear of God, the fear of change, fear of truth

Add the bill of rights, subtract the wrongs
Memorize and sing star spangled songs
Is anybody learning from the past
we're living in united stagnation

Father, what have I done?
I took that 22, a gift for me from you
to bed with me each night, kept it clean, polished it well
Cherished every cartridge, every shell

Down by the creek, under brush, under dirt there's a carcass of my second kill
Down at the park, under stone, under pine there's the carcass of my brother William
Brother where have you gone to? I swear I never thought I could
I see so many times, they told me to shoot straight, don't pull the trigger squeeze
That will insure a kill, A kill is what you want, to kill is why we breed

The christians love their guns, the church and NRA
Pray for their salvation, prey on the lower faiths
The storybook's been read, and every line believed
The curriculum's been set, logic is a threat, reason searched and seized

Jerry spent some time in Michigan, a 20 yr. vacation, after all he had a dime
A dime is worth a lot more in Detroit
A dime in california, a 20 dollar fine
Jerry only stayed a couple months, its hard to enjoy yourself while bleeding out the ass
Asphyxiation is simple and fast, it beats 17 fun years of being someones bitch

Don't think
Drink your wine
Watch the fire burn
His problems, not mine
Just be that model citizen

I wish I had a schilling for every senseless killing
I'd buy a government. America's for sale and you can get a good deal on it
And make a healthy profit, or maybe tear it apart
You start with the assumption that a million people are smarter than one

Serotonin's gone, she gave up, drifted away
Sara fled, thought process gone
She left her answering machine on
The greeting left spoken sincere
Messages no one will ever hear

10,000 messages a day, a million more transmissions lay
Dead victims of the laissez faire
10,000 voices, 100 guns, 100 decibels turned to one
One bullet, one empty head, now with serotonin gone

The man that used to speak performs a cute routine
Feel a little patronized, don't feel bad
They found a way inside your head and you feel a bit misled
It's not that they don't care. The television's put a thought inside your head
Like a Barry Manilow jingle, I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony a symphonic blank stare. It doesn't make you care.
Not designed to make you care, They're betting you won't care.

They'll place a wager on your greed, a wager on your pride
Why try to beat them when a million others tried?

We are the whore
Intellectually spayed
We are the queer
Dysfunctionally raised

One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain
Living through conformity

One more prayer should keep me safe
One more prayer to keep us safe
One more prayer to keep us safe
There's gonna be a better place

Lost the battle, lost the war, lost the things worth living for
Lost the will to win the fight, one more pill to kill the pain
The going gets tough, the tough get debt, don't pay attention, pay the rent
Our next of kins pay for your sins, a little faith should keep us safe

Save us

The human existence is failing. Resistance essential. The future written off.
The odds are astronomically against us, only moron and genius would fight
A losing battle against the super ego when giving in is so damn comforting

And so we go on with our lives
We know the truth but prefer lies
Lies are simple. Simple is bliss.
Why go against tradition when we can admit defeat?
Live in decline. Be the victim of our own design
With status quo built on suspect
Why would anyone stick out their neck?
Fellow members of club we've got ours
I'd like to introduce you to our host
He's got his and I've got mine
Meet the Decline

We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition in the class war

We are worker
We love our queen
We sacrifice, we're soilent green

from the EP, The Decline-1999