[Verse 1]
You smiled in the queue in the rain
Said
"Maybe this time it'll change"
Now the screens spit out his name again
And the crowd just shrugs
Goes home
Black vans screaming down our streets
Mothers clinging to their kids
They said
"Only strangers
Only thieves"
But they’re dragging out my friends
[Chorus]
This fucking corrupt government
You lit the match
Now everything’s on fire
You voted for a devil
And he’s tearing both our worlds apart
Innocent hearts disappear
While you sit and swear you did your part
When will it end
When will it end
We have gone backwards into dark
[Verse 2]
Posters peeling off the walls
Every promise turning sour
Hearts are hiding
Curtains closed
Names are whispered
Never called
I keep scrolling through the smoke
Faces framed in yellow tones
Candles in a frozen square
Screaming into telephones
[Chorus]
This fucking corrupt government
You lit the match
Now everything’s on fire
You voted for a devil
And he’s tearing both our worlds apart
Innocent hearts disappear
While you sit and swear you did your part
When will it end
When will it end
We have gone backwards into dark
[Bridge]
Do you feel it yet
Their shoes left in the hallway
Gone
Do you hear it yet
Every empty chair at dawn (oh)
If this is what you chose
Can you look me in the eyes
Sign your name across the sky
Of every person lost tonight
[Chorus]
This fucking corrupt government
You lit the match
Now everything’s on fire
You voted for a devil
And he’s tearing both our worlds apart
Innocent hearts disappear
While you sit and swear you did your part
When will it end
When will it end
We have gone backwards into dark
When will it end
When will it end
We have gone backwards into dark