It takes time to be able to refine quickly
unlike gas lines
once the price doubles overnight

I used to warn about wars not yet born
now messianic prophecies
plagiarize my truths
once claimed lies

who forgets the quickest
Empire thinks it knows business
until no longer fit to serve

cut my allegiance
what new will emerge
beneath the rubble where my soul has been
next to the trash bin
live in a bubble
or live from within
the trouble is
we all have been complicit

unless your silence is explicit
rip the pain off of sustained sustenance
of the places we have gained ever since