Measured words and a faithless kiss from men who rule with iron fists
Compassion here is bought and sold but the publicity was sweet
As the faithful gather round their screens

To weep for one more nameless kid
Who died to make the faceless rich


Who died to make the faceless rich
We're voiceless


In talent shows for media !@^%s and idiots fighting fashion wars
A new religion for the poor where everything is bought and sold
As the worthless gather on their knees

In their sweatshops by the sea
To make the things that set them free


To make the things that set them free
We're hopeless


We are - we're hopeless
We are - we're captive
No more