Outside you there's a remedy

Inside you is an enemy

This twist (this twist) of irony

Can I say you were ever a friend to me?

(Just like we promised)

And you know it was never a lie

The fallen son that bought our freedom

Is the I, the I that had to die



Outside you there's a remedy

A destiny in identity

Is it the shot heard round the world, or just one more apology?

You wrote us off for so long, so. so long

We burned that bridge instead

And now we've got a song



Oh, yeah

You'd better think again

'Cause it's long overdue

Oh, yeah

And there's so many more of us

Than there are of you



Now I can release you (I can release you)

Apart from anything to your corruption

(We sing this dedication)

As justice comes in many forms

This is no exception

The hero, truthless is lying prostrate

(And this is our redemption)



Outside you there's a remedy

A destiny in identity

Is it the shot heard round the world, or just one more apology?

You wrote us off for so long, so. so long

We burned that bridge instead

And now we've got a song



Oh, yeah

You'd better think again

'Cause it's long overdue

Oh, yeah

And there's so many more of us

Than there are of you



The contract on my head

Isn't worth the paper, isn't worth the pen

Isn't worth the plastic promise

When the units aren't moving

But we know (we know) we know

Our hearts are beyond prices

These words erupting from swollen tonsils

Will devour your clever devices



(These words are my gift to you)

My gift to you, these words

(These words are my gift to you)

My gift to you, these words

(These words are my gift to you)

My gift to you, these words

(These words are my gift to you)

For everything, you put us through



Oh, oh, oh, yeah 



I used to want to change the world

In brotherhood, us two

But now my friend I only want to save it

From you



I bid farewell to those lonely days

Breaking my back for you to siphon my veins

The masters will now return

To the (hands of the slaves)

And we'll spin them reel to reel

So that every single time you hear

This soundtrack of the voiceless

You'll know the end is drawing near

Can I say you were ever a friend to me? No 

Now, you know, now, you know