There's a time bomb ticking inside my chest
It came without a warranty
I believe that may be for the best
There's danger in complacency
You can lock a man inside a cage
And force-feed ideology
Then one fine day, he'll blow right up
The angry lava flowing down
On the innocents in this sleeping town
Now the referee is counting, but
I'm on my feet again
The vultures circling up above my head
Will have to wait
Until I take my standing 8
We're clinging to the hope our lives
Are guided by some unseen hand
And hide behind our alibis
As a shadow creeps across the land
But one fine day we will grow up
To see there ain't no lasting peace
Beneath the Sword of Damocles
Now the referee is counting, but
I'm on my feet again
And the vultures circling up above my head
Will have to wait
Until I take my standing 8