20 Second Century

(album: Contingent - 2017)

My eyes swept across the hall
A whole nation up against the wall
This evolution hasn't changed a bit
The straight jackets still a perfect fit
Used in numbers to maintain the peace
Cruelty is taken in with ease
When disagreeing voices start to cry
They rot in sonic silence right until they die

Words unspoken
Of living in the rough

Still we're here

The 20 second century
A medieval tyranny
Is watching and dictating all we survey
There is an army standing guard
To take our hopes and dreams apart
The key to survival is stand and obey

Art and literature controlled by fire
Originators shot by guns for hire
The thinking people is a deadly threat
To a cold regime so obsoletely led

One day you'll decline
And we'll be first in line
To turn off this madness

But still we're here

The 20 second century
A medieval tyranny
Is watching and dictating all we survey
There's an army standing guard
To take our hopes and dreams apart
The key to survival is stand and obey
Stand and obey
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