Privilege from birth, abhorrence of work Obsessed with sovereignty Aristocrats claim an exemption From the standards of democracy A secret antipathy to justice and equality And a tightly constrained definition of who is free Old regime, smoke of history Liberty still wafting in the breeze The new aristocracy just smells like the old regime ♪ They think that they can alter and sway Which version of freedom reigns If everything is subjective Then what good is truth anyway? A plutocratic strategy or technocrat conspiracy Or a vision of utopia that only the besotten can see? Old regime, smoke of history Liberty still wafting in the breeze The new aristocracy just smells like the old regime ♪ An unabated tendency to tyranny is still in place And the ancient nobility's complexion differs just in name Old regime, smoke of history Liberty still wafting in the breeze A new season dawns with ominous prophecy Yeah, the new aristocracy just smells like the old regime