WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WHEN CITIES TURN TO CEMETERIES LYRICS
So smug
So sure
that nothing like that
could ever happen here
a steadfast belief
in state control
and the mechanisms
that keep you in place
you paid your taxes
like a vassal to their master
to earn the protection
of the law, police and army
your beloved "civilized society"
frowns upon the individual
and puts faith in the concepts
of speed, wealth and technology
unquestioned security
from a system based
on exploitation
and social inequality
conquest over nature
subjugation of man
the pestilence of city life
over rural fertile land
When cities turn to cemeteries
where you drop is where you'll be buried
yet no mechanic known
may fix the wrench in machinery
when the empire you cherish
collapses beneath its own weight
When cities turn to cemeteries
where you drop is where you'll be buried
once a hub of trade and culture
now a host for microorganisms
a surplus of waste and sewage
a catalyst for a damaged ecosystem
When cities turn to cemeteries
where you drop is where you'll be buried
(when a nation outgrows it) BORDERS!
(when a population outgrows its) CONFINES!
(when the ruled outgrow their) RULERS!
(social instability, war, famine, and disease will) FOLLOW!
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