“O Corruption”

“Inspired by Appalachian death ballads in the style of O Death”

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Verse 1

O corruption

Won’t you spare me over ‘til another year

I seen your towers made of silver

Built on the backs of fear

You shook the hands of devils

You sold the weak for gold

Now the voices of the forgotten

Are risin from the cold

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Chorus

And I hear the people calling

From the factories and farms

“We the People” at the doorway

With justice in our arms

No kings left above us

No puppets on their thrones

Truth is knockin at the window

And judgment’s coming home

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Verse 2

O liar

Can’t hide behind your walls

The mothers cry for answers

While the empire slowly falls

The cameras keep on rollin

The papers burn at night

But secrets buried in the darkness

Always find the light

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Bridge

No more chains made out of money

No more crowns bought by deceit

The voice you tried to silence

Now marches through the street

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Final Chorus

And I hear the people singing

Like thunder through the land

“We the People” stand together

No ruler’s safe from truth’s command

No violence in the shadows

No blood upon the ground

Just the weight of every broken promise

Finally dragging tyrants down