[Verse] City lights they flicker out gray Echoes of promises lost in decay Counting coins in a withered hand They're financing war across the land [Verse 2] Children play in streets that burn Books of history they never learn Banks grow fat while the people thin Who’s keeping score in this game of sin [Chorus] Oh the silent reckoning's near Whispers of fate start to clear Wars and de-population rage Banks hold the keys to the cage [Verse 3] Fields of hope turn barren and dry Questions met with another lie Leaders chant their hollow verse While they profit off another curse [Bridge] Profound silence in the halls of power Ticking clocks in the final hour Currency of lives spent in vain Who will break this endless chain [Chorus] Oh the silent reckoning's near Whispers of fate start to clear Wars and de-population rage Banks hold the keys to the cage