There’s only one way this ends well as far as I can see
So take the silence as it comes from the only breath I have in me
‘Cause I know everything that I need to know
To keep up the appearance of one upon a righteous throne

“Not in my name”, said I in parenthesis
Who’s safely far away to take on the fall?

Rinse and repeat until it’s secondary
I trust that you’ll tire of this
Leave it to me and I will leave you in the dark
So take care to tow the party line
And we can all just go ahead and forget ourselves (again) this one time

“Not in my name”, said I in parenthesis
Who’s safely far away to take on the fall?
I want you to know just where I stand
With compassion to the bone as I cast a thousand heavy stones