[Intro: Fast, aggressive guitar riff, pounding drums] [Verse 1] Look at the suits, look at the ties Look at the perfectly rehearsed lies Shaking your hand while they pick your pocket Launching their wealth in a private rocket They tell you to save, they tell you to fast While they throw a feast that is built to last [Pre-Chorus] Grin for the camera, wave to the crowd! Speak all your hollow promises loud! [Chorus] Oh, the smiling thieves! They steal the air that everyone breathes! With a pat on the back and a knife in the spine They cross out your name on the bottom line! Smiling thieves, taking it all! Watching us stumble, watching us fall! [Instrumental Interlude: Frantic guitar solo, heavy double-kick drums] [Verse 2] Crisis is profit, panic is gold A new kind of slavery, subtle and cold They print out the money, they fracture the peace And wait for the market of fear to increase You vote for a change, you vote for a voice But it's just an illusion of having a choice [Chorus] Oh, the smiling thieves! They steal the air that everyone breathes! With a pat on the back and a knife in the spine They cross out your name on the bottom line! Smiling thieves, taking it all! Watching us stumble, watching us fall! [Instrumental Outro: Heavy, rhythmic chugging guitars slowing down to a dead stop] [End]
