Instrumental

(clips of real hateful American bigots at beginning) *The mob* Stand by! Another fight is always a minute away Decide whose side you're on because today is the day We keep ourselves in this paranoia to keep us always on edge We bring the light! We have the right to drive them right off the ledge Destroy the quiet -- this is not a game Every night over our children's names We say that we will make the world a better place We scream our will into another's face *The voice of Reason* When we love to hate, we hate to love Anger then becomes a drug We run a maze where the walls are changing, The ground beneath us breaking How swiftly we descend to our own hell *The mob* Light a fire so we can see the look on their faces of disbelief Down to the wire, the rope has frayed and will not hold back our deceit In a minefield of blind deals we make our way, out for blood On the trail you'll fail and fall down No matter what we lose of ourselves, we were born to destroy (Destroy) the quiet -- this is not a game Every night over our children's names We say that we will make the world a better place We scream our will into another's face *The voice of Reason* When we love to hate, we hate to love Anger then becomes a drug We run a maze where the walls are changing, The ground beneath us breaking How swiftly we descend to our own hell When we love to hate, we hate to love Anger then becomes a drug We run a maze where the walls are changing, The ground beneath us breaking See the ground beneath us moving up Soon we all will know how quickly we descend to our own hell!

You see no evil in yourself, you won't be safe from hell! You will not punish your own! You hear no evil from your tongue, you crush what you don't understand! You will not look within! You place the blame on The Other's name So you won't face the shame of being wrong *You force them!* *You throw them!* Down on the ground Dead or alive! Down on the ground It's black and white! The way it's been is the way it can never be The terror of the white beast cannot be left to run free There's no way to fool me -- you are the true face of terror And, damn it, I'll take you down on the ground! No more blaming the victim! Down on the ground!

I awoke today to a world unfamiliar Almost incandescent haze, burning in my mind Shook to the core, I wanted to be in the dream once more A place where I felt safe Up with the light, I find we've let our hate decide It's our crime; There's nowhere left to hide from ourselves No place safe from ourselves Now we must face the unknown I choke today, as I breathe in the heavy fog of war I thought I knew the way down the path that we walked together I know who I am, but who are you? Tell me, why don't I see even a small bit of empathy in your eyes? Divided the better angels of our nature, shot through the heart And through the night I find we've let our hate decide It's our crime; There's nowhere left to hide from ourselves No place safe from ourselves Now we must face the unknown You would take the world and burn it down in our name And you would laugh while you drown under the flame Tomorrow is a day you won't care for, so we will take up the fight The future is not yet set in stone -- now we must face the unknown