Misery Index - Heirs To Thievery lyrics

Disseminating myths upon a pa**ive youth Lets look back upon, some long-enshrouded truths Where fables often tell, of tyrannies undone As good guys all wear white, and wars are always won Sweep away the dust from books carved so clean, Glaring, stark omissions, rapacity unseen What of foul deception? Treaties gone ignored? Unjust annexations, and rough-riding hordes? Why prevaricate? Heirs to thievery From Grande to St Lawrence, a nascent power heaved Monroe Doctrine, Manifest Destiny decreed Push to the Pacific, across the open see Eliminate the natives (and leave them a museum!) Expansion had an engine - the slavery of man From Cuba to Manila, we solidified our plan Den of f**ing thieves Heroes, dripping out from texts as Gods Liars, fueling fables, taught as axioms