How did we get into this mess?
The question is a hypothetical...
The answers are

Written on the face of the oppressed

Sent to death at just nineteen

Forevermore to be unseen
His mother with tears in her eyes
Crying to god, she calls out "Why?!"


She'll find her answers
On the face of the oppressed


I bow my head in respect
Of the dead


Because we're all bogged down
And there ain't no $#&@ing S.O.S.

That's gonna save our sinking ship
Because we're all bogged down
No, there ain't no $#&@ing S.O.S.

That's gonna save our sinking ship
Our ship


How did we get into this mess?
The question is a bona fide literal
The answers are

Written on the face of the oppressed

We all know the answers why

They sold a lie to build Versailles!
You can roll over and die
Or you can rain down hell tonight!


You'll find your answer
On the face of the oppressed


I bow my head in respect
Of the dead


Because we're all bogged down
And there ain't no $#&@ing S.O.S.

That's gonna save our sinking ship
Because we're all bogged down
No, there ain't no $#&@ing S.O.S.

That's gonna save our sinking ship
Our ship


In the ash of your city lies fertile ground
(In the ash of your city lies fertile ground)
In the ash of your city lies fertile ground

(In the ash of your city lies fertile ground)
This nation's burning, burning down
(This nation's burning, burning down)

This nation's burning to the ground

This is the modern Rome burning

Let it burn
This is the modern Rome burning
Let it burn

This is the modern Rome burning
Let it burn, let it burn


This is New York burning
This is Boston burning
This is Omaha burning


This is Washington burning
This is Pittsburgh burning

This is Birmingham burning

This is the modern Rome burning

Let it burn, let it burn
Burn, burn