When the fuck did everyone decide to become a politician? Cannibals with causes armed with opinions All you do is talk like you forgot how to fucking listen I try to sleep but the dogs keep barking Must be the tension in the room It builds a rage in the back of the teeth A distaste for civility Compromise is cheap, conflict is sweet The space between us fills with dead air Party lines drawn in the sand We could never cross it Bastards of social warfare We had the chance to survive but we fucking lost it Traitors turning fiction to fact The ones who play the saint put the knife in your back Daggers rain down on the disciples Daggers rain down on the disciples All we know Warfare When the fuck did everyone decide to become a politician? All you do is talk like you forgot how to fucking listen Herdsplitter, left and right Bring an army of fools to a winless fight Herdsplitter, rich and poor Turn a nation of fools into a nation at war We go for the throat We do what we're told Another day in the minefield Another lie is sold And we buy in Playing the penny slots while they high roll Another day in the minefield Another lie is sold The space between us fills with dead air Party lines drawn in the sand We could never cross it Bastards of social warfare We had the chance to survive but we fucking lost it Traitors turning fiction to fact The ones who play the saint put the knife in your back Daggers rain down on the disciples Daggers rain down on the disciples Warfare