Heirs To Thievery
(专辑: Heirs To Thievery - 2010)
Disseminating myths upon a
passive youth Lets look back upon, some long-enshrouded truths Where fables often tell, of tyrannies undone As good guys all wear white, and wars are always won Sweep away the
dust from books carved so clean Glaring, stark omissions, rapacity unseen What of foul deception? Treaties gone ignored? Unjust annexations, and rough-riding hordes? Why prevaricate? Heirs to thievery From Grande to St Lawrence, a
nascent power heaved Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny decreed Push to the
Pacific, across the
open see Eliminate the
natives (and leave them a
museum!) Expansion had an engine the
slavery of man From Cuba to Manila, we solidified our plan Den of fucking thieves Heroes, dripping out from texts as Gods Liars, fueling fables, taught as axioms