The Modern Rome Burning
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How did we get into this mess?

The question is a hypothetical

The answers are

Written on the face of the oppressed


Sent to death at just 19

Forevermore to be unseen

His mother with tears in her eyes

Crying to God, she calls out, Why?


She'll find her answers

On the face of the oppressed

I bow my head in respect

Of the dead


Because we're all bogged down

And there ain't no fucking S.O.S

That's going to save our sinking ship

Because we're all bogged down


No, there ain't no fucking S.O.S

That's gonna save our sinking ship

(Our ship)


How did we get into this mess?

The question is a bona fide literal

The answers are

Written on the face of the oppressed


We all know the answers why

They sold a lie to build Versailles

You can roll over and die

Or you can rain down hell tonight


You'll find your answer

On the face of the oppressed

I bow my head in respect

Of the dead


Because we're all bogged down

And there ain't no fucking S.O.S.

That's going to save our sinking ship

Because we're all bogged down


And no there ain't no fucking S.O.S.

That's going to save our sinking ship

(Our ship)


In the ash of your city lies fertile ground

(In the ash of your city lies fertile ground)

In the ash of your city lies fertile ground

(In the ash of your city lies fertile ground)


This nation's burning, burning down

(This nation's burning, burning down)

This nation's burning to the ground


This is the modern Rome burning

Let it burn

This is the modern Rome burning

Let it burn


This is the modern Rome burning

Let it burn

Let it burn


This is New York burning, this is Boston burning

This is Omaha burning, this is Washington burning

This is Pittsburgh burning, this is Birmingham burning


This is the modern Rome burning

Let it burn

Let it burn

(Burn, burn, burn)


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