The Quiet Parts

Listen, they said it before
Loud as a wail, clear as a siren
Blunt as a cannonball
Listen, they'll say it again
Sharp as an promise
Deep as a devil
All while we were
Sleeping

Well aware that power poisons
And absolute consumes
Too late, they told you their name
Said just who they were
Should've believed them

Zealots are tugging the strings feeding the ID
And starving the ego
Choking the light right out
Soon as the quiet parts were trumpeted e bellowed
We should have listened then
E shored up to keep from

Drowning beneath the ugly
Tidal wave of the true believers
Too late, told you their name
Said just who they were
Should've believed them

Sleeping well aware that power poisons

Listen, they said it before
Loud as a wail, clear as a siren
Blunt as a cannonball
Soon as the quiet parts were trumpeted e bellowed
We should have listened then
E shored up to keep from

Should've believed them