requiem for dissent
Singer:bad religion
oratory of hope and glory a whisper and a rhyme
citizen and patriot you can't be far behind
the funeral is weighting heavy on your mind
bring the dissident from slumber
raise the rebel from its grave
sound the revolution's thunder
a monumental blunder averted and betrayed
dig around the cemetery a record of the day
friends and neighbors in stages of decay
but the saddest thing of all eludes discovery
the stimulus for this somber ceremony
bring the dissident from slumber
raise the rebel from its grave
sound the revolution's thunder
a monumental blunder averted and betrayed
the sanctimonious minions how they grovel at the feet
authority is populist deceit
pity yet another casualty's demoralized decline
just a victim of irrational design
bring the dissident from slumber
raise the rebel from its grave
sound the revolution's thunder
a monumental blunder averted and betrayed