Semblance at auction The belly of the beast Target implied From tooth and nail deployment Institution of youth culture From a nation Self contained Strategy of dictation Read and refined Calculations come full circle So move away from the light Live and learn The value of vice Pestilence You're all afflicted Live and learn The value of vice It owns you Like it owns the new dawns And changelings Never stop changing It's sole purpose for power It's sole purpose for power Addiction is cunning
So bite the hand that feeds The want is calling Mutinying imagery There is no answer There is no answer For the living dead Possessing privilege From the law laid down It's all been said before Byproduct for ethos and slogan Create and consume And then run like thieves Live and learn The value of vice Pestilence You're all afflicted Live and learn The value of vice Pestilence You're all afflicted It's all been said before It's all been said before Turn out the light It's striking