Painting The White House Black Lyrics - 40 Below Summer

Now stand atop your soapbox 

And just tell us what we want to hear 

And talk in circles 

Until the words become unclear 

We can afford to be hypnotised by design 

To be left uncured 

There is no hope for us 

further down the ladder 

We fall and splatter 

And gather the remains just to feed again 

Why dont you tell me 

What it's like to be a free man? 

What it's like to have the whole damn world 

In the centre of your motherfucking hand 

So try and tell me of the American dream 

Tell me what it's like to live inside a castle 

Made of motherfucking sand 

Now smile for the camera 

And talk about your masterplan 

That we must follow 

Because the hour is at hand 

We have no time to be patronised 

By the eyes and the smile so pure 

Pulling on the lever 

You think you're clever 

You bartered our beliefs just to be a king 

Why dont you tell me 

What it's like to be a free man? 

What it's like to have the whole damn world 

In the centre of your motherfucking hand 

So try and tell me of the American dream 

Tell me what it's like to live inside a castle 

Made of motherfucking sand 

I can heal a world by killing you (x2) 

I can fix a fucking world by killing you 

I can heal the world by killing you 

If you live by the now then you die by the strong 

I can heal the world by killing you 

Now this bullet is going straight fucking through 

I can fix the fucking world by killing you 

You decide who lives and dies, don't you? 

I can heal the world by killing you 

I'll cleanse the world, motherfucker 

I can heal the world by killing you (x2) 

I can fix the world by killing you 

I can heal the world by killing you 

Why dont you tell me 

What it's like to be a dead man? 

What it's like to have a motherfucking truck 

In the centre of your motherfucking head 

You tried to sell me 

Like an American good man 

Tell me what it's like to be another body 

Buried deep under the scams of another politician