The pendulum tilts, the government shifts
It's just a new face in the same old abyss
The pendulum tilts, the government shifts
It's just a new face in the same old abyss
The pendulum tilts, the government shifts
It's just a new face in the same old abyss
So you got your little brother, he's been reading up the New York Times
Said he's putting twenty dollars on the fella with a moonwalk dance
Democracy on the line
Democracy on the line
Pick a battle with a prophet of doom and watch it all slipping out
Democracy on the line
Democracy on the line
All the hoping, it won't do you no good, nor will the crying out
Are you packing up a bag, headed to a Canadian town?
Are you racking up a debt cutting wood in Afghanistan?
Democracy on the line
Look at me, I don't seem to mind
Put your feet under the blanket and watch it all burning down
Democracy on the line (On the line)
Look at me, I don't seem to mind (I don't seem to mind)
Put your head under the bucket and watch it all burning down, oh
Take some time off, ride a bicycle
Take a sabbatical, pet your animal
Put your finger in a socket and watch it all blowing up, ooh
Take some time off, play with your telephone
Learn the saxophone, pet your animal
Put your daemon in a cage and watch it all lighting up
Democracy on the line
Democracy on the line
If you're clever, you know better, if you're better, you know nothing at all
If you're winning, then you're losing, if you're losing, you've become a gull
If you're looking for salvation, you came at the wrong time
If you're looking for damnation, it's right on your next turn
If you're done up with the chaos on earth, you got nowhere else to run
If you're waiting for a trip into Mars, not in your lifespan, oh
On the line (On the line, on the line)
On the line (On the line, on the line)
On the line (On the line, on the line)
On the line (On the line, on the line)
Same script, different actor
Same speech, different anchor
Same script, different actor
