Song Lyrics

"The Government"

by Bride
Album: Skin For Skin

We're the superpower gods of the hour,
We got God on our side, and you can't hide,
'Cause we got the bomb in the promised land,
One nation under whom'
Got blood on our hands.

I am bigger than the government, I am hungrier than the poor,
Anybody with one good eye can see that nothing good comes from war,
I am bigger than the government, I am hungrier than the poor,
Anybody with one good eye can see that nothing good comes from war.

Generals and presidents think it's a coincidence,
You know world dominance, pride, and prejudice,
Blow it up and build it back, and pat our enemies on the back,
Drop our bombs, roll our tanks, teach our foes how to give thanks.

I am bigger than the government, I am hungrier than the poor,
Anybody with one good eye can see that nothing good comes from war,
I am bigger than the government, I am hungrier than the poor,
Anybody with one good eye can see that nothing good comes from war.

Send our kids and march the poor on TV,
Knives to the throats, spilling blood and making bombs,
Body bags will never vote,
Meaningless rituals, politics is on parade,
Repeating the past like criminals,
Who is the renegade'
Can't we live in the peace that we create'
No man can serve two maters; you have something to explain,
There's no hope in your creed - man must live on his knees,
Have no faith in institutions, I believe in revolution.

I met the spies sent from the government,
All their dirty money says, "In God We Trust,"
You vote them in, then you want them out,
You sell democracy, that's what it's all about.

I am bigger than the government, I am hungrier than the poor,
Anybody with one good eye can see that nothing good comes from war,
I am bigger than the government, I am hungrier than the poor,
Anybody with one good eye can see that nothing good comes from war,
I am bigger than the government, I am hungrier than the poor,
Anybody with one good eye can see that nothing good comes from war.


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