Blacktop pavement, cover me...
Like a chemical reaction or a steam roller, spreading randomly
There's a distant buzz of low frequency
It tickles my ear, rumbles under my feet
And it shakes the leaves off of every tree
(violently)
What pretension, everlasting peace - everything must cease

Institution on the Hill...
Like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor to ignite a people's will
There's a shadowed stain on the west facade
It has spread like decay to enshroud the fraud
And the descendants find it oh, so odd
(oh, so odd)
What pretension, everlasting peace - everything must cease

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 is reduced to remembrance
And the generations pass without recompense
(ohh)
What pretension, everlasting peace - everything must cease

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