Iron curtain too heavy Drawstring taut, still not closing Shafts of light will find entry Illuminate the room exposing Plans in disarray The faithful stray While the room decays bathe in the sun Our dissenting ways Soaked up like rays, brand cynics void They're on the make This behemoth bends but never breaks Print it on a T-shirt Tune in, watch it crumble Now we know we're free to speak We negate our urgency Voices fall not on deaf ears But on screens that keep on rolling over Let the wolves come and get ya Sell it back, nullify them Carve a space for contention Let illusions seed provide a Platform for their cries Or else they'll rise Slave escape their binds and set the fires Light the funeral pyres Old tropes will expire and kings retire Let them eat cake Feed them up 'til they can't pull their weight Oh what a state we'll find ourselves in