There's a time bomb ticking inside my chest It came without a warranty I believe that may be for the best There's danger in complacency You can lock a man inside a cage And force-feed ideology Then one fine day, he'll blow right up The angry lava flowing down On the innocents in this sleeping town Now the referee is counting, but I'm on my feet again The vultures circling up above my head Will have to wait Until I take my standing 8 We're clinging to the hope our lives Are guided by some unseen hand And hide behind our alibis As a shadow creeps across the land But one fine day we will grow up To see there ain't no lasting peace Beneath the Sword of Damocles Now the referee is counting, but I'm on my feet again And the vultures circling up above my head Will have to wait Until I take my standing 8