Dead souls dressed in black A wake to mourn a nation Social heart attack The cause of death, temptation Blood lust, consuming power Brings us to our knees Great tolls paid in filth Metastasize infection Sick flood, washing over Pulls us under and drowns us in disease This shroud of shame restricting sight The past, a corpse we carry Dark clouds of fear obscuring light The future long since buried Behold the rising empire Behold the empire of the blind Deep hole, full of spite A hateful seed for sowing Roots rot, systemic plight The poison fruit still growing Pale flesh, tasting sour Fills us quickly and kills us with such ease This shroud of shame restricting sight The past, a corpse we carry Dark clouds of fear obscuring light The future long since buried Behold the rising empire Behold the empire of the blind Dead souls dressed in black A wake to mourn a nation Social heart attack The cause of death, temptation Blood lust, consuming power Drains us slowly and brings us to our knees This shroud of shame restricting sight The past, a corpse we carry Dark clouds of fear obscuring light The future long since buried Behold the rising empire Built on a mountain of shame Bathe in the rising hellfire Behold the empire of the blind The empire of the blind

I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord Soldier in the army I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord Good soldier in the Army Now when I get to heaven I'm gonna I'm gonna sing and shout Ain't nobody there who can turn me out I'm gonna talk to the Father, sit down with the son And tell him bout' the mean old world I just came from I'm a warrior in the army of the lord Warrior in the army I'm a warrior in the army of the lord Mighty good warrior in the army Now I got a Mother in the promised land Don't expect to stop until I shake her hand When I get to heaven gonna sing and yell Three tall angels gonna tone them bells I'm a warrior in the army of the lord Warrior in the army I'm a mighty good warrior in the army of the lord Warrior y'all in the army I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord In the army Mighty good soldier in the army of the Lord In the Army If you don't believe that I've been redeemed Follow me on down by the Jordon sea My head got so wet with the midnight dew I'm so glad that I'm a witness too I'm a warrior in the army of the lord Warrior yeah in the army I'm a warrior in the army of the lord Mighty good warrior in the army I'm a soldier in the army of the Lord I'm a soldier in the army Soldier yeah in the army of the Lord Mighty good soldier in the army

One second please The priest wears a black eye patch and fake Prada perfume On his walking cane is the Holy Roman ring He wants to blindfold you all alone in his bedroom In the land of the blind the one eyed-man is king Hosanna closes her eyes at Saint Peter's urging She tapes them shut so she can't see anything She don't know it yet, but she's no longer virgin Here in the land of the blind, the one-eyed snake is king The cyclops in the White House understands it Keeps everyone snow blind from the great west wing He knows your rules don't apply here in the snake pit It's a land of the blind and the one eyed-man is king Oh, every night you pray or is it wishing? Cause you're in no position to ask for anything I'm guided by a warning light from heaven Inspired by the violent Arab Spring I nearly died once in a wrecked Porsche 911 But in the land of the dead, the dying man is king You're looking for someone to lead you through this I'm standing here, let's do this Throw my hat into the ring He sentenced me to eternity in exile Then drew the battle lines with David's sling He gave every sightless clown a nuclear missile In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king Oh, meet me at your mama's by the parkway And I'll free your soul from every apron string In the execution hood you wore on Saint's Day We'll join the land of the blind where the one eyed man is king