Last Things

By KMFDM

On WWIII

Released on September 23, 2003

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[Intro]

"The constant realization of dominance results in fear"


[Verse 1]

Wake up tired with a mouth full of nothing

Deceived, distressed by the truth they've been withholding

Televisionary, popular identity

Getting closer to the minute of our gravity


[Verse 2]

I sometimes ask myself: did I speak my mind

Or shut my mouth?

Was I a follower, a leader, insignificant

Mere shadow of a ghost bearing innocence?


[Chorus]

Constative voices preach

Talk of truth in their political speak

Carry on till they're blue in the face

And my point of view has lost its place

Last things

Did I give nothing in return?

Stand up for a cause?

Give permission to a mute war?


[Verse 3]

Call me ignorant, maybe I was never smart

Like a wolf running high on adrenaline

All the while in the din with a low hum

Rising up, growing loud, I can hear them


[Verse 4]

Religious, left and right

Power hungry heads of state

Melancholy death fall of our nemesis

Strong will survive, or so say our presidents


[Chorus]

Constative voices preach

Talk of truth in their political speak

Carry on till they're blue in the face

And my point of view has lost its place

Last things

Did I give nothing in return?

Stand up for a cause?

Give permission to a mute war?


[Bridge]

43242 Code 1

Troops move forward, let it all be done

Beginning of the end, soil has been tread

Mother, daughter, father, son, sky burns death

Premonition, television, stuttering indecision

We the people, citizens, lies are being force-fed

Money, power, cruelty, blood is shed in our streets

When, where does the sacrifice end?


[Instrumental]


[Verse 5]

We're falling fast from the war inspired

Double-standard idiots

Helter-skelter henchmen

Consequences catastrophic

Lead us not into temptation with your

Damning words and glorified hatred

A vengeful lineage

We will bear alone to our death


[Chorus]

Constative voices preach

Talk of truth in their political speak

Carry on till they're blue in the face

And my point of view has lost its place

Last things

Did I give nothing in return?

Stand up for a cause?

Give permission to a mute war?


[Bridge]

43242 Code 1

Troops move forward, let it all be done

Beginning of the end, soil has been tread

Mother, daughter, father, son, sky burns death

Premonition, television, stuttering indecision

We the people, citizens, lies are being force-fed

Money, power, cruelty, blood is shed in our streets

When, where does the sacrifice end?

Does the sacrifice end?

Does the sacrifice end?

Last things

Does the sacrifice end?

Last things


[Outro]

"The constant realization of dominance results in fear"


[Bridge]

43242 Code 1

Troops move forward, let it all be done

Beginning of the end, soil has been tread

Mother, daughter, father, son, sky burns death

Premonition, television, stuttering indecision

We the people, citizens, lies are being force-fed

Money, power, cruelty, blood is shed in our streets

When, where does the sacrifice end?