Corrosion of Conformity - The Snake Has No Head

Invalid at last Smothers the working class Nihilist to be Turns the scrape into a gash Walking tall and ignorant This man is now a militant Deceiving the prophet's confession To release endless agression One is the soul Amplified suicide Keep the masses terrified Nothing to kill Nothing to kill Nothing to kill Nothing left unsaid 'Cause the snake has no head But the body fills with greed And we spill it when in need And all the slaves are on probation Growing fat in a comfortable nation So the snake keeps on recruiting We need one more royal shooting Nothing left to lose So we create another wound One is the soul Amplified suicide Keep the masses terrifired Nothing to kill Nothing to kill Nothing to kill Nothing left unsaid 'Cause the snake has no head Fear of death is gain Consuming the weak in shame It's a power we can't see But it leaves ourselves to blame The shameless mourn another day Slithering sins fade away But the snake is just a pawn And remains when we are gone...