The Modern Rome Burning

(In the ash of your city lies fertile ground)
They sold a lie to build Versailles
Written on the face of the oppressed
The question is a bona fide literal
This is the modern Rome burning
Because we're all bogged down
You can roll over and die
Because we're all bogged down
On the face of the oppressed
In the ash of your city lies fertile ground
That's going to save our sinking ship
Let it burn

I bow my head in respect
This is New York burning, this is Boston burning

That's going to save our sinking ship

This is Omaha burning, this is Washington burning

Let it burn
His mother with tears in her eyes

And there ain't no fucking S.O.S.
Because we're all bogged down
On the face of the oppressed

Let it burn

That's gonna save our sinking ship

Because we're all bogged down

Let it burn

Let it burn
(Our ship)
This nation's burning, burning down
She'll find her answers
Of the dead
You'll find your answer
Forevermore to be unseen
How did we get into this mess?
We all know the answers why
(Our ship)
And there ain't no fucking S.O.S
Of the dead
(In the ash of your city lies fertile ground)
No, there ain't no fucking S.O.S
This is the modern Rome burning
That's going to save our sinking ship
This nation's burning to the ground
I bow my head in respect
(This nation's burning, burning down)
The answers are
This is the modern Rome burning
The answers are
Crying to God, she calls out, "Why?"
This is the modern Rome burning

Sent to death at just 19

In the ash of your city lies fertile ground

Or you can rain down hell tonight
This is Pittsburgh burning, this is Birmingham burning

Written on the face of the oppressed
Let it burn
And no there ain't no fucking S.O.S.