The Liars' Dance

I count the faces in the streets and lose my mind too soon
They smile at me, reach out their hands and promise me the moon
They’re wearing colours of all kinds, it’s hard to make a choice
The liars of our time are they, it’s time to raise your voice

They are not that much interested in all the life I live
It’s only one thing they demand – and that’s all I can give

(Liar, liar, land’s on fire)
Play the games you learned to play and dance this masquerade
What you don’t know is we know what’s rotten in the state
Beware of the day when those you fooled will seize their chance
I’ll never put my trust in those who dance the liars’ dance

Promises ring in my ears, they try to seize my mind
Black and red and green and brown, I’m going colour blind
Words so sweet written by angels they only repeat
Mere puppets on higher strings, can they save you from need

Increase their power and their wealth and fool those they should feed
An empire built of lies – it’s an abominable deed

I stood and watched this land for years and this is what I saw
If elections could change a thing they’d be outside the law
So burn the smiling faces and burn all their lies as well
Burn the lands on which they walked and send them back to hell