blacktop pavement cover me
like a chemical reaction or a steam roller
spreading randomly
there's a distant buzz
and a low frequency
it tickles my ear, rumbles under my feet
and it shakes the leaves off of every tree (violently)
what
pretension! Everlasting peace
everything must cease
institution on the Hill
like a beacon in the mind of an
ancestor
to ignite a people's will
there's a shadowed stain on the west facade
it has spread like decay to
enshroud the fraud
and the descendants find it oh so odd
(oh so odd)
what pretension! Everlasting peace
everything
must cease
grave memorial hewn white stone
like the comforting caress of a mother
or a friend you've always known
it evokes such pain and significance
what was once reduced is now rememberance
and the generations pass without
recompense
what pretension! Everlasting peace
everything must cease