There's a reckoning
It's been coming down the line
For believing your own press
Unbridled selfishness
Demons of deceit and denial
The undivided truth
Slipping through our hands
It's falling all in pieces on the floor
If you're old enough to remember
The incandescent sky
You'll recognize the dimming of the light
If we don't get back to the beauty
Of our elegant design
We're bound to die in the darkness
Of a starless, soulless night
American sunset
There's a poisoning
That happens slowly over time
It just seeps into the water
Lambs to the slaughter
You don't even notice that you're dying
From inequality and greed, partisan divide
Majesty is falling from our eyes
But if you're old enough to remember
The incandescent sky
Recognize the dimming of the light
If we don't get back to the beauty
Of our elegant design
Bound to die in the darkness
Of a starless, soulless night
American sunset
If we don't get back to the beauty
Of the elegant design
Bound to see the dimming of the light
Bound to see the dimming of the light
American sunset
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