The Decline

Lyrics

[Intro: Eric Melvin] Fuck no! [Verse 1: Fat Mike] Where are all the stupid people from? And how'd they get to be so dumb? Bred on purple mountain range, feed amber waves of grains To lesser human beings, zero feelings [Verse 2: Fat Mike, Eric Melvin, El Hefe] (Blame it on) Human nature, man's destiny (Man's destiny) Blame it on the greediocracy (Greediocracy) Fear of God, the fear of change, the fear of truth Add the Bill of Rights, subtract the wrongs (There's no answers!) Memorize and sing star spangled songs (When the questions?!) Aren't ever asked; is anybody learning from the past? We're living in united stagnation [Verse 3: Fat Mike] Father, what have I done? I took that .22, a gift to me from you To bed with me each night, kept it clean, polished it well Cherished every cartridge, every shell Down, by the creek, under brush, under dirt There's a carcass of my second kill Down, by the park (Whoa-oh-oh!), under stone, under pine There's a carcass of my brother William (Oh-oh-oh!) Brother, where have you gone to? I swear, I never thought I could I see so many times, they told me to shoot straight Don't pull the trigger, squeeze, that will insure a kill A kill is what you want? A kill is why we breed? [Verse 4: Fat Mike] The Christians love their guns, the Church and NRA Pray for their salvations, prey on the lower faiths The story book's been read and every line believed Curriculum's been set, logic is a threat Reason searched and seized [Instrumental Break] [Verse 5: Fat Mike] Jerry spent some time in Michigan A twenty year vacation, after all he had a dime A dime is worth a lot more in Detroit A dime in California, a twenty dollar fine [Verse 6: Fat Mike, El Hefe] Jerry only stayed a couple months It's hard to enjoy yourself while bleeding out the ass Asphyxiation is simple and fast It beats seventeen fun years of being someone's bitch Don't think (Stay), drink your wine (Home) Watch the fire burn (Be), his problems not mine (Safe) Just be that model citizen Ahh! [Instrumental Break] [Bridge: El Hefe, Fat Mike] I wish I had a schilling (For each senseless killing) For every senseless killing, I'd buy a government America's for sale and you can get a good deal on it (A good deal on it) And make a healthy profit Or maybe, tear it apart Start with assumption That a million people are smart Smarter than one [Instrumental Break] [Verse 7: Fat Mike] (Serotonin's gone, she gave up, drifted away) Sara fled, thought process gone She left her answering machine on The greeting left spoken sincere Messages no one will ever hear Ten thousand messages a day, a million more transmissions lay Victims of the laissez faire Ten thousand voices, a hundred guns, a hundred decibels turns to one One bullet, one empty head Now with Serotonin gone, ahh! [Instrumental Break] [Verse 8: Fat Mike] The man who used to speak performs a cute routine Feel a little patronized, don't feel bad They found a way inside your head and you feel a bit misled It's not that they don't care, yeah The television's put a thought inside your head Like a Barry Manilow, jingle I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony A symphonic blank stare, yeah It doesn't make you care (Make you care!) Not designed to make you care (Make you care!) They're betting you won't care (You won't–!) [Guitar Solo] [Instrumental Break] [Verse 9: Fat Mike, Eric Melvin] Place a wager on your greed, awager on your pride Why try to beat them when a million others tried? (We are the whore!) Intellectually spayed (We are the queer!) Dysfunctionally raised [Instrumental Break] [Interlude: Fat Mike, Eric Melvin] One more pill to kill the pain One more pill to kill the pain One more pill to kill the pain, living through conformity One more prayer to keep me safe One more prayer to keep us warm One more prayer to keep us safe, there's gonna be a better place! [Verse 10: Fat Mike] (Lost!) Lost the battle, lost the war, lost the things worth living for (Lost!) Lost the will to win the fight, one more pill to kill the pain Na-na-na-na-na! La-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-na-na! Na-na-na-na-na! The going get tough, the tough get debt, don't pay attention, pay the rent Next of kins pay for your sins, a little faith should keep us safe [Instrumental Break] [Verse 11: Fat Mike, Eric Melvin] (Save us!) The human (Existence!) is failing (Resistance!) Essential, (The future!), written off (The odds are!) Astronomically against us (Only moron and genius) Would fight a losing battle (Against the super ego) When giving in is so damn comforting And so we go, on with our lives We know the truth, but prefer lies Lies are simple, simple is bliss Why go against tradition when we can Admit defeat, live in decline Be the victim of our own design? The status quo, built on suspect Why would anyone stick out their neck? Fellow members, Club "We've Got Ours" I'd like to introduce you to our host He's got his and I've got mine, meet The Decline [Instrumental Break] [Outro: Eric Melvin] (Hey!) We are the queer! We are the whore! Ammunition in the class war! We are worker! We love our queen! (Hey!) We sacrifice! We're soylent green! We are the queer! We are the whore! Ammunition in the class war! (Hey!)