The wickedness that lies within our reason Self preservation is the only law Attend the daily mass or execution Skip out in time to miss the denouement Our silent war's of private destitution The social contract's poised against the fact The status quo demands no resolution Assured the image will remain intact They'll never show nor tell of their dissonance To uphold their willful pride in old taboos And so your resolve dissipates A little bit more every day As you revise and compromise Until no matter which side you choose You lose It's wrong and forged with secret hatred The ugly truth that lies within every act You've gone to a place of ancient regrets To contemplate what was lost for the sake of tact You'll only see and hear the difference The errors you could not eliminate As on and on you rearrange The choices you have failed to change But they're delayed it's far too late And no matter which side you choose You lose