(Verse I)
Sirens over Vinewood
Black smoke in the hills
Newsman says the line still holds
While the freeway fills
Apartment windows shaking loose
Dust inside the hall
Everybody talking peace
Watching buildings fall
Kids drawing tanks in notebook pages
Teachers close the blinds
Learning how to tell the difference
Between drones and satellites
(Chorus)
Swallowed whole
By the mouth of the city
Swallowed whole
By the lie that we’re different
Everybody waving flags
Everybody choosing sides
Till the television static
Starts replacing human lives
Swallowed whole
(Verse II)
Generators humming low
Hospital lights dim
Doctors with their sleeves rolled up
Working past the end
Tank tracks cut through parking lots
Church bells drowned in flame
Storefront mannequins still smiling
Like nothing even changed
Somewhere near the harbor wall
Body bags in rows
Nobody can separate
The enemy from home
(Chorus)
Swallowed whole
By the mouth of the city
Swallowed whole
By the need to make this matter
Everybody wants revenge
Till revenge becomes the air
Till the ash falls through the sunlight
And settles in your hair
Swallowed whole
(Bridge)
There’s a sound the towers make
Right before they fall
Like the whole damn city finally
Getting tired of us all
And somewhere far from Los Santos
A kid watches his screen
Thinking war looks beautiful
At seventeen
(Final Chorus)
Swallowed whole
By the mouth of the city
Swallowed whole
Till the skyline looked infected
Everybody talks of justice
No one talks about the cost
Just another generation
Learning how to get lost
Swallowed whole
Stahlkrieg
