[SPOKEN INTRO]
Stolas teaches astronomy.
He teaches the properties of herbs and precious stones.
He is a great prince of Hell
who understood early
that knowledge is the sharpest weapon
and institutions are the scabbard.
[VERSE 1]
The tobacco memo said they knew in fifty-three
They funded doubt for forty years and called it being free
The opioid manufacturer wrote the dosing guide
The regulator signed it with the lobbyist inside
From climate data buried in the Exxon files
To fast-tracked approvals running regulatory trials
[PRE-CHORUS]
The poison wears a study
The study wears a seal
Every institution
Conceals
[CHORUS]
Stolas walks the halls of science
In a borrowed white coat
Every captured institution
Every strangled throat
Call the prince of poisoned knowledge
Into every ministry
The demon who corrupts the record
Has a PhD
[VERSE 2]
The revolving door between the agency and board
Is documented, disclosed, and thoroughly ignored
The journal that retracted took eleven years to move
The patients in the meantime filled a different kind of groove
From Thalidomide to oxycontin's second run
Institutional capture is the oldest game under the sun
[BRIDGE]
This is in the tobacco litigation documents
This is in the Purdue Pharma congressional testimony
This is in the Exxon internal climate research memos
Stolas didn't corrupt the institution
He just recognized one already willing
[OUTRO — SPOKEN]
They will call this anti-science.
Science is not the institution.
Science is the method.
The method was buried in a filing cabinet in 1953.
Stolas noted the date.
He's been patient ever since.
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