Letting You

The sky is painted black

The smoke pours out the stack

One hand upon your heart

One hand behind your back

You train us how to act

You keep the fear intact

The imminent attack

Everything is right on track



And we are letting you get away

We are letting you get away with it



Upon our plates to feed

The dying left to bleed

How much we really need

Your politics of greed

The cancer takes ahold

The wolf is in the fold

Our destiny's been sold

We do just what we're told



And we are letting you get away

We are letting you get away with it



Your armies filled with hate

Believing your charade

Begin to suffocate

For us it's far too late



And we are letting you get away

We are letting you get away with it



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Source/Credit: "Letting You" by Nine Inch Nails, from The Slip (2008).
License/source: The Slip was released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 US.
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
Source notes: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Case_Studies/Nine_Inch_Nails_The_Slip