God and death, love and sex, fame and money Art and poor, oil and war, rich and happy Jewel and thief, man and beast, black and hungry Guns and peace, whores and streets, White and lucky All you broken boys and girls Making plans to rule the world Are you sacred or profane Provincial or urbane When you break it down In the end we're all the same Ooh your little arms race Ooh a zero sum game Ooh your power play Ooh a zero sum game Lies and truth, wild and youth, thin and pretty Crown and throne, seed and sewn, Born and ready Law and crime verse and rhyme, greed and pity Cradle grave, fortune made, dead and buried All you broken boys and girls Making plans to rule the world Are you sacred or profane Provincial or urbane When you break it down In the end we're all the same Ooh your little arms race Ooh a zero sum game Ooh your power play Ooh a zero sum game Under the towers we pass but nothing has changed The shadows cast we grow indifferent to the pain Thrust upon us in the vortex of our broken lives Today the darkness but tomorrow burning bright God and death, love and sex, fame and money Art and poor, oil and war, rich and happy Jewel and thief, man and beast, black and hungry Guns and peace, whores and streets, White and lucky All you broken hearted fools irony your only tool Are you sacred or profane Hendrix or Coltrane Ooh your little arms race Ooh a zero sum game Ooh your power play ooh A zero sum game