Decline and Fall by Misery Index Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Captivate, prevaricate, the worst is the yet to come
Just zero-sum directives, from silver forked tongues
A monumental fall, I stop, stare and contemplate how it ends
Crushed in-between, underneath the wheel
Do I have a future, in this desert of the real?
Slow atrophy, schizophrenic dreams
Do I need a conscience in this nihilist regime?

[Pre-Chorus]
Sowing seeds of distress
Left, right, through the center
Reveal the hidden hand
As it propagates vicious and false, invective

[Chorus]
Decline and fall, the spear of Osiris
Decline and fall, the kiss of oblivion
Decline and fall, the cult of deception
Decline and fall
[Verse 2]
No ties that bind, except the will to live
Do I have a reason, something more than hate to give?
Apex achiever or food for the worms?
Will I even care once this world begins to burn?

[Pre-Chorus]
Sowing seeds of distress
Left, right, through the center
Reveal the hidden hand
As it propagates vicious and false, invective

[Chorus]
Decline and fall, the spear of Osiris
Decline and fall, the kiss of oblivion
Decline and fall, the cult of deception
Decline and fall

[Outro]
In this dead institution, nowhere to go but down
Another day in the status quo
Another drop in the well of wasted hopes
Orphans in narcosis, longing for a past that never was
You’re all dead to me, as lifeless as a corpse ground to dust
Insects, entombed, the woe of time and doom
I spit and curse each day I walk this blighted earth