We're given these pounds to carry
Given this cross to bear
Asked to give with nothing owned
The individual often unhumbled
In the turnstiles of propaganda
Bite your tongue when you think you're right
You're always right when you don't listen to reason

Just seek the love to find the truth
And praise the sun
As your one and only true GOD

When all our friends come back to life
Born to the flames and conscious
Millennia after creation is our time

Martyr we must
Barter we trust
Money we cuss
Weld the vaults shut
Let the banks rust
Let the banks rust
Let the banks rust
Let them all rust

Black lion lay your gutter grave
Pink swine keep it more or less the same
Fat cat die with a stomach full
Marionette dance for the public show
We're told enough to keep us civil
When the truth bears a torch and shovel
They know not to incite public rage
Teach them to love it and they'll never leave their cage

The 9 to 5 does not keep the family alive
The 9 to 5 does not keep the family alive
Pull the black lion's tail

Black lion lay your gutter grave
Pink swine keep it more or less the same
Fat cat die with a stomach full
President dance for the public show
We're told enough to keep us civil
When the truth bears a torch and shovel
They know not to incite public rage
Teach them to love it and they'll never leave their cage

The 9 to 5 does not keep the family alive
But we're expected to do it ‘til the day we die
Pull the black lion's tail