Behind the music, this is a song describing the reality of where we're at as people regarding dialogue about major issues. We seem to want to be loud rather than informed and researched about our opinions, and we're quick to shove them down everyone's throat. We also jump to hating what and who we don't understand, getting addicted to the anger that comes from it, feeding our worst qualities and leading us to failure and societal collapse.
lyrics
(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!