VNV Nation - Serial k**er (Tormented) lyrics

In a face a view, through eyes this world collides I am voiceless in my angst and nothing can take us back To innocence Short, sharp, bloodlust reality In despair I reach for night In water purity reigns to be resolute As a land we clean our minds, reap our belongings Sow our angers and our strengths All to obsessed by weakness We have brought ourselves to meaninglessness So easy to control, bring to harm A gathering of fools unjustified, on a mountain And I collect my thoughts And I rise above all that despises me Comprehend the ways of man And under a flag that we salute or burn There is blood on both shores With hardened mind I travelled And with hardened heart I conquered A freedom so ironic, so despicable, so hypocritical There is anger resolute Rears its familiar ugly head on the TV screen In a dozen bags a life was placed In a breath he smiled and waved Five minutes at a time the power held true And without consternation our laws are lost Lost to butchers, lost to child k**ers, lost to narcotic ritual Another tag, another headline Another smiling photograph shall stay ten winters long forever And where are the angels to guard? Where's the God of men and children? He is stalking the minds of dark poor souls And I know it's right 'cause I know it's time for freedom To k** another, and to k** another, and to k** another child Of the flag 'till there are none left And another, and another, and another...