American Babylon

A thousand bloody hand prints stain the walls of liberty
A stranger hides in dreams denied, awaiting his release

I've seen this picture before
I never thought that we would end up here

When fascism comes as an angel of light
Its license parading as tyranny drives forth its son

The son of mourning dominating fears, afflicting fallen men
His body highly organized, it's coming into prominence

To bear its ominous warnings
It's in your blood to comprehend its origin

For those who refuse to remember the past are condemned to repeat it
The first and the last, dust to dust

History if his story
And life is laughing at its peril

Building towers that come fourth in men
Shifting powers consuming us within
The will puzzle the apostles till the end

Enter into the silence, into the dying life of America
The brave, the slave, the grave

The shattered pigs dying as primitive savages
Eating their flesh, they will lie rotting in dirt
While a stranger among you has challenged the course
Of human existence and alien forces
The birth of the black prince is setting the stage
In its thriving dissension, exalting his rank
And the innocent man will fall victim to hands in the trial of truth and its twisted reversal

The union of factions bleeds shock to the system
For civilization had ended today
The transitional nature of acts and society climb in its place
While its face re-creates until your God is dead

Enlighten me with your pale statues, face of inhibition
And until your reign has ended, frighten me with your
Stale taste, tongue of inquisition

In your eyes I will come forth in men with no justice
No order to defend, and the stone will be cast again

Enter into the fire, into the bloody gates of America
The great, the fate, the late