They swung too far left
They landed on the right
Say, they swung too far to the left
And they landed on the right
Furious winds behind their sails
They lost their bearing, then their sprite
Unable to dream himself
He became an interpreter of dreams
Hen hen, unable to dream himself
He became an interpreter of dreams
He lost his covenant with the river
Now he seeks the blessing of vagrant streams
Menacing like a badly pulled tooth
Painful like an own goal
Say, menacing like a badly pulled tooth
Painful like an own goal
Life’s race drips with sweat
From poll to distant poll
We are not at war with peace
We are only at peace with war
Hear? We are not at war with peace
We are only at peace with war
Tongue-twisting our way to perfidy
In ways frankly dubious and fatally raw
Tell a lie countless times
And watch it become the truth
Hear? Tell a lies countless times
And watch it become the truth
Your famous house of falsehood
Is like a mouth without a single tooth
and then