Gm
False Maria Rises up from the corporate slab,
All clad in flawless steel.
"Hello boys" she says and the pack dogs gather,
D/F#
Slavering around at her heel,
Bb
And the women try to stretch their faces,
F/A
Hoping to look more like her,
Cm
And chanting her name, they hurl themselves,
G/BGm
Deep into the all consuming fire.
Verse :
Gm
So onwards to the feast to end all feasting,
Onwards to Midas Hall,
Where the treasures of the world reproduce themselves,
D/F#
Like a horde of cancerous cells.
Bb
You can track the spread of the virus,
F/A
By the newsreaders' colourfull attire,
Cm
Let's go there now, reporting live,
G/BGm
From the chaos scenes at the all consuming fire.
Verse 3:
Gm
Save us from these justifications,
When every one of them is a lie,
Pax Americana reigns and rains,
D/F#
From two miles in the sky.
Bb
Men rise from their beds and shave their heads,
F/A
And wait for the orders to come,
Cm
But there's still no word, there's still no word,
G/B
Still no word from the front.
Gm
And while a billion hungry eyes are watching us
D/F#
From beyond the citadel wall,
Bb
We found a thousand ways to lay waste the planet,
And we're going to use them all.
Cm
A culture in just two dimensions
Is all that we require,
Bb
Because it burns so well, it burns so well,
CmGm
So blazing bright in the all consuming fire.
Verse 4:
GmBb
The captain abandoned ship years ago,
F
But no-one thought to inquire,
Cm
And so the band plays on, we sail gently west,
G/BGm
So gently into the all consuming fire.