Static on the screen Hands over the mouth They bless every weapon Then hunt one dream down Count the dead Sell the fight Hide the bite Call it right You sell the blade in perfect light The broken bone, the heroic fight The body count, the scream, the war Then faint when hunger means something more A kiss can bleed, a sword can shine A corpse can decorate prime time But if a mouth becomes desire You drag the whole damn stage through fire If no one bleeds Why do you rage If it is fake Why build a cage Censor the teeth But sell the knife Censor the mouth But stream real life Cut out the dream Keep all the screams Censor the teeth Then sell the knife Sell the blood Hide the tongue Feed the screen Shame the young You let the bullets dance all day You let the bodies rot for pay You let the heroes split the skull As long as hunger stays dull But let one harmless want grow strange One private dream escape your range You bring the torch, you bring the law To punish symbols, not the jaw Oops, was the metaphor too chewy Did the little mouth scare you that much No broken skin No flag unfurled Just private rhythm Against the world Censor the teeth But sell the knife Censor the mouth But stream real life Cut out the dream Keep all the screams Censor the teeth Then sell the knife Some dreams ask nothing from the world No body left in public pain But outrage wears a holy face When shame needs someone else to blame You do not shield the weak from fear You only hide what you can’t name You call it care, you call it clean Then cash the violence on the screen Your moral panic has sponsors Your clean hands count cash Beep the mouth Keep the gun Make it safe Make it fun Violence gets a halo Desire gets a chain You never feared the monster You feared who spoke its name Censor the teeth But sell the knife Censor the mouth But stream real life Cut out the dream Keep all the screams Censor the teeth Then sell the knife Censor the teeth But sell the knife Bless the wound And ban the bite Cut out the dream Keep all the screams Censor the teeth Then sell the knife SELL THE KNIFE!
