[Verse 1]
Paper masks and iron flags
Polished boots on broken backs
Smiling suits that drink our fear
Sign our names in someone else’s blood
Silver tongues and sharpened laws
Feed the furnace
Forge the claws
Every slogan carved in stone
Every promise built on bones
[Chorus]
Bow to the teeth of the war machine
Grinding flesh into gasoline
They light the fuse
We pay the cost
Count our dead while they count the profit
Under the teeth of the war machine
We’re marching blind through their fever dream
If this is peace that they adore
Then let the people be the plague of war
[Verse 2]
News parade in black and red
Selling halos for the dead
Golden medals
Empty chairs
Folded flags that never dry their tears
Children learning colored maps
Lines of power
Battle stats
History written in their ink
Truth erased before we even think
[Bridge]
[Halftime crush
Drums and chugs]
Who gave you crowns of rust?
Who taught you greed as trust?
You built your throne on dust
We’re waking up
We’re waking up (hey!)
[Chorus]
Bow to the teeth of the war machine
Grinding flesh into gasoline
They light the fuse
We pay the cost
Count our dead while they count the profit
Under the teeth of the war machine
We’re marching blind through their fever dream
If this is peace that they adore
Then let the people be the plague of war