Conflict - Assured Mutual Destruction lyrics

The ritual advances have been made, now flesh is bared as though it is a solution to the fear and confusion Dancing in chessboard rigidity, to meet the requirements of ancient codes and traditions, the never altered positions A fleeting sense of security, from being held tightly, until the camouflage drops and the tenderness stops The well-rehearsed statements have been made, now it's red lights all the way In d**hly silence, a hint of sn******ging violence Reinforcing the roles, in a doomed situation Protector and protected, rejecter and rejected And there on a video, a simulated s** show To keep us smiling through, to tell us what to do And when a body falls back in surrender with both eyes Blood on your fingers and a broken prize By averting your eyes it isn't seen By turning your head, you keep it clean And proud of your achievement, success is yours As you slip into a position and a thousand hands applaud Pa**ion stops as a record drops it says - "Love has come at last" And you wipe away your splattered pride because it came too fast So there's the pleasure, but where's the dignity? Is it in your performance with your smile of insincerity? The coming retaliation is a deadly situation When the feelings mutual, a**ured destruction...