If there was ever innocence, then I can't recall
But the linchpin got pulled and the castle did fall
And the stones from the wreckage were gathered and saved
To be thrown at the young and the trusting
If there ever was wisdom it's since been misplaced
Gone with the innocence that's since been erased
The light of a child, the words of an old man
Have been stamped out to shorten the beginnings and the end
We don't talk much about it
We don't speak out of turn
We don't challenge our teachers, cause one day we'll learn
That the wheels of progress with all the hammers and the gears
Pull rank on survival and instinct of one million years
If there ever was compassion, then it's story's been sold
Stripped down for parts and then left in the cold
It's all charity and religion we'll give money to
Just don't ask me to do any favors for you
We don't talk much about it
We don't speak out of turn
We don't challenge our teachers, cause one day we'll learn
That the wheels of progress with all the hammers and the gears
Pull rank on survival and instinct of one million years
One million years
One million years
One million years
And if there ever was justice and it ever was blind
Then the scales have been rigged and the verdicts tongue-tied
Vae victis, vae victis
While Brennus' sword weighs favor against what most folks can afford
We don't talk much about it
We don't speak out of turn
We don't challenge our teachers, cause one day we'll learn
That the wheels of progress with all the hammers and the gears
Pull rank on survival and instinct of one million years
One million years
One million years
One million years