Paper Tiger - Theocracy

Fake tears in the aisles

Lies, fear and denial

Glass cages and rivals

False threats of reprisal

One more rally cause and off we go

We’ve got 'em primed and ready to explode

The narcissist machinery, forging a self-made victims' new society

This world is growing more demented by the day

We let in fear along the way

Now for political advancement we’ve co-opted pain

Beware snakes in the dark;

don’t set them free

One more life, for the glory to bear Your name

The honor to share that cup of shame, we’ve burned it away

On we go, with our drama flags unfurled

While they die in chains around the world, and we dance on anyway

Selling false persecution, rage and de-evolution

Martyr complex we’re feeding;

paranoia we’re breeding

Inventing problems for all to see

Caught in the cycle, self-fulfilling prophecy

We’re living lives fit for a king

And most of us have never known real suffering

So join the pageant, fake the hurt, take up the cause

Lay in the paper tiger’s jaws

Walk the stage now, take a bow and soak in the applause

Beware snakes in the dark;

we set them free

One more life, for the glory to bear Your name

The honor to share that cup of shame, we’ve burned it away

On we go, with our drama flags unfurled

While they die in chains around the world, and we dance on anyway

Fear and paranoia bring a false sense of entitlement

Pretend we’re persecuted, love the sound or our own voice

Media fear-mongering is just a paper tiger

Because don’t you know that misery is oftentimes a choice?

Caught up in our drama, we pretend that we have problems

While across the world our brothers are beheaded in the streets

Malcontents and dissonance uncover our indifference

Wolf’s cry obsolete

One more life, for the glory to bear Your name

The honor to share that cup of shame, we’ve burned it away

On we go, with our drama flags unfurled

While they die in chains around the world, and we dance on anyway

Burn the tiger down today