Here again I find myself 

In the belly of the beast 

Trying to make sense 

Of all this ruin and decline 

There's no seat at the table for 

The beggars at the feast 

Or anybody unprepared to toe the line 



The dogs of war devour doves 

And beggars at the feet 

Hawks and greedy leaders 

That clap along and bare their teeth 

An insipid and compliant press 

In lockstep on the beat 

Splashing three word slogans 

Neither them or us believe 



Oh, please forgive that 

Step into the dark 

This road will lead us nowhere 

This path will see us lost 

Oh, I guess everybody's got 

A rubicon to cross 

The future's suffocating on 

An echo from the past 



It's all the same to me 

If you're red, green, white, black or blue 

It's your hands that hold the reins 

Your only mandate is the truth 

A guardian of future's 

For the ragged and the bruised 

A mouthpiece for the voiceless 

Not a vassal of the few 

The saying goes that people get 

The leaders they deserve 

Take a look at our leaders 

I guess that makes us all absurd 



Oh, please forgive that 

Step into the dark 

This road will lead us nowhere 

This path will see us lost 

Oh, I guess everybody's got 

A rubicon to cross 

The future's suffocating on 

An echo from the past 



The saying goes that people get 

The leaders they deserve 

Here we are in the belly of the beast

The saying goes that people get 

The leaders they deserve