Corruption, racketeering and seduction Seems like we're just pawns in this production Escapism is no rebate from the deduction Demoralising and surprising in every way Finding it so damn hard to make it through the day With this constant interplay directed from above Stop, stand and quit and get ahead of it Intelligence ain't the same as wilful ignorance Right down in the mud with face fed full of it So we're facing eight billion in divorce fees Anxiety has got a stranglehold on me Trepidation in the way that we are and this reality Growing tired of the wired-in atmosphere The temptation to lie is not partisan Calculating, meditating when I'm eager to go I got to know I got to know If we're already at war with ourselves Within ourselves Without a soul I got to know I got to know If we're already at war with ourselves Within ourselves Without a soul