[Verse]
A species was chosen to lie for
A species was chosen to tame
A brain stem, emotion, and devastation
Logic suppressed, spirit stripped away

A human was told what to stand for
A human was told who to blame
No questions for answers that retch for freedom
Consumed in fire, mortar, and scorched clay

[Pre-Chorus]
Feign grace, save face at all cost
Now take our place with all that we’ve lost

[Chorus]
Belie the machine that hurts you
And you are ashamed
Belie the machine that breaks you
And you are to blame
Here lie all the lives deserted
Kept from the light

[Verse]
A human was told what to stand for
A human was told who to blame
No questions for answers that retch for freedom
Consumed in fire, mortar
And scorched clay
A reason was chosen to die for
A reason that no one could name
A grave for its creatures with no distinction
Logic suppressed, spiritstripped away