Walking past the border signs Same deal in different lines You wave your paper in the air They stamp approval without care And all the faces rearrange But nothing really seems to change The paint is fresh upon the walls Inside the same old hollow halls They paint new colors on the walls (Paint new colors, paint new lies) Same hand that feeds, same hand that bleeds Same words they say to make you believe Watch them paint, paint, paint Watch them paint it all away Different tongue but same old song The clever right, the foolish wrong You cross a line drawn in the sand To find another promised land But every promise has its cost And every road leads to the cross They paint new colors on the walls Inside these same old hollow halls They paint new colors on the walls (Paint new colors, paint new lies) Same hand that feeds, same hand that bleeds Same words they say to make you believe Different signs but same old maze Different gods but same old praise They paint new colors on the walls (Paint it, paint it all away) Every stamp and every seal Marks the same unspoken deal Every flag and every crown Keeps the same wheels turning round And when you've seen enough to know Which way the bitter winds still blow They paint new colors on the walls Inside these same old hollow halls Same hand that feeds, same hand that bleeds Same words they say to make you believe (Paint new colors, paint new lies) (Paint it all away)
