Opiate Of The Masses Lyrics

Opiate Of The Masses lyrics

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The future is scarred by the bloodstained past 

Haunted by disgrace

Holy wars that are never ending 

Forever fight of faith

Don't accuse these meaningless symbols 

Created by mankind

Will they recognize their own creation? 

Can they be so blind?



Fools manipulating all they see 

Cruel as the world can be

Cries of pain as the tortured souls 

whither away into the dust

Power is the fix

And man is drawn to it 

The illness and the lies 

The virus never dies



To captivate the minds of the masses 

Tell them what they want to hear 

And for those who will oppose you 

They will live in fear

Domination your favorite sensation 

Operated by remote control

In your hands are the lives of the helpless 

Their fate they'll never know



Fools manipulating all they see 

Cruel as the world can be

Cries of pain as the tortured souls 

Whither away into the dust



Power is the fix

And man is drawn to it

No matter the cost of what's won or lost 

Addiction planted the seed

That sprouted the tree of greed 

The illness and the lies

The virus never dies



Control your own destiny 

Get rid of insecurity

There's little truth in what they say 

Don't let 'em steal your life away



Power

To this world brings death and destruction 

Leaving the earth in decay

Money

Breeds organized crime and corruption 

Who says that crime doesn't pay?

Greed The green-seeking virus that spreads 

And manifests your selfish needs 

Spreading the addiction

Man's own contradiction

When it's themselves that they deceive