Capo 3rd fret.
(x3)
Black top pave-ment cover me
Like a chemical reaction or a steamroller, spreading randomly
There's a distant buzz and low frequency
It tickles my ears, rustles under my feet
And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
Vio-lent-ly
What pretention everlasting peace
/
Everything must cease
(x3)
In-sti-tu-tion on the hill
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to unite the people's will
There's a shadow stain on the west facade
It has spray like decay to enshroud the fraud
and the descendents find it oh so odd
Oh so odd
What pretention everlasting peace
/
Everything must cease
(X3)
Grave memorial, hewn white stone
Like the comforting caress of a mother or a friend you've always known
It evokes such pain and significance
What was once reduced to rememberence
And the generations pass without recompense
What pretention everlasting peace
/
Everything must cease.