The screen is bleeding neon bright, a circus of the damned
Another city turned to dust, another promised land
They draw the lines in banker's gold, they sign the deal in blood
While we are counting empty shells, and drowning in the mud
They talk of flags and destiny, a patriotic lie
While underneath the rubble, a forgotten child will cry
[Chorus]
Outside of their concrete Eden, yeah!
Outside of their sanitized world!
We are the hungry, the bombed-out, the nameless!
We are the boys and the girls!
We are the ghosts in the headlines you're skipping!
The scream in the static and haze!
And we are burning, yes we are burning!
Setting their "peace" ablaze!
The breadline stretches to the sun, a river of despair
The smell of fear is in the air, it's thick and it is rare
They ship the weapons overnight, with efficiency and grace
But a sack of rotting grain gets lost in time and space
They have their summits on the hill, in rooms of glass and steel
We have a hunger that won't quit, a wound that will not heal
[Chorus]
Outside of their concrete Eden, yeah!
Outside of their sanitized world!
We are the hungry, the bombed-out, the nameless!
We are the boys and the girls!
We are the ghosts in the headlines you're skipping!
The scream in the static and haze!
And we are burning, yes we are burning!
Setting their "peace" ablaze!
[Bridge]
They got a word for us... "collateral." A clean, neat word.
They got a word for it... "conflict." Sounds almost gentle, don't it?
But there ain't no word for the taste of dust in your mother's bread.
There ain't no word for the silence after the blast, when the ringing stops.
We are the un-word. The un-people. The great un-washed in blood and dirt.
And from this dirt... we are rising.
[Chorus]
OUTSIDE OF THEIR CONCRETE EDEN, YEAH!
OUTSIDE OF THEIR SANITIZED WORLD!
WE ARE THE HUNGRY, THE BOMBED-OUT, THE NAMELESS!
WE ARE THE BOYS AND THE GIRLS!
WE ARE THE GHOSTS IN THE HEADLINES YOU'RE SKIPPING!
THE SCREAM IN THE STATIC AND HAZE!
AND WE ARE BURNING, YES WE ARE BURNING!
SETTING THEIR "PEACE" ABLAZE!
We are the world that they have made... (we are the world)
We are the price that they won't pay... (the price they won't pay)
We are the fire... the fire... the fire...
