A Plague On Both Houses

from All Monsters to Angels by Rome Burns

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Say the first thing on your mind,
And keep your mouth from ceasing,
Say the worst thing you can find,
Excite the fear and seething,
No matter how crass the masses,
Soak up every word of threat,
It’s seldom true, it’s never right, it hasn’t happened yet.

Power leads to pursuit of power,
Power pure and uncorrupted,
Power without point or purpose,
Power with the tax deducted,
Power – an aphrodisiac,
For a most unnatural act,
For those engaged, the stage collapsed,
The critics leave disgusted.

Principles, whose principles,
There’s heads upon the block,
It’s best to keep a windward eye,
On who is at the top,
It’s best to press the flesh,
And gently kiss the hand that holds the sceptre,
Whilst the closet fills with spirits, skeletons and spectres.

Power leads to pursuit of power,
Power pure and uncorrupted,
Power without point or purpose,
Power with the tax deducted,
Power – an aphrodisiac,
For a most unnatural act,
For those engaged, the stage collapsed,
The critics leave disgusted.

Pick a side, pick any side,
It’s not as if it matters,
The rhetoric is dreadful sick,
The morals are in tatters,
It’s all a game of phonies,
Believe the lies, the changing tides
Flush towards the sea our soiled pride.

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from All Monsters to Angels, released December 7, 2019

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