A Great Divide - Parts & Labor

It rose before they even noticed

Another pyramid devised

On top a sleepless eye

Below they wondered why

They failed to strike at the foundation

And either way it’s suicide

A loss unless they climb

Lie back or cross a great divide

Can’t see the city from the high rise

Stay where it’s safe and warm inside

Sustain the artifice

Paying for what we missed

Protection from the dangers outside

And with our backs against a wall

You’re not like you you’re me

What’s left here for us to decide

Who fights a faith deep as an ocean

And here they say truth used to lie

The priests are keeping score

A tautological chore

And every tiny Armageddon

Will bring us closer to the shore

Relieved when they arrive

Maybe we’ll cross a great divide

Crooked empire declining

Recess secession still in mind

Who stops this poison crack from growing

Dreams die watched through slanted glass below the canyon’s yawning

With every backwards step march forward

And reassess the battle cry

Champion the wise

Tear off the wolf’s disguise

The case was stated we’re related

The case was made and we’re elated

The case was stated, we relayed it

The case was made and we’re related

What’s left here to decide