WHO NEEDS PROPHECIES
TO SEE THE END IS DRAWING NEAR
ITS SIMPLY HUMAN NATURE
TO DESTROY ALL THAT WE FEAR
AND WE'RE AFRAID OF THE UNKNOWN
THEREFORE PEACE WILL NEVER BE
FOR HOW COULD WE ALL EXIST
WITHOUT A COMMON ENEMY
WE NEED A THREAT…THAT'S WHEN WE ALL AGREE
A COMMON THREAT… TO BOND COMMUNITY
AGAINST A THREAT… WE STAND IN UNITY
WITHOUT A THREAT… THIS NATION WOULDN'T BE
AND THIS IS TRUE OF EVERY COUNTRY
UNDER ANY TYPE OF RULE
IN GOVERNMENT
THIS IS OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED TOOLS
DIVIDE, CONQUER, SEGREGATE AND SEPARATE
FEED FEAR INTO THE MASSES
THEN CONVINCE THEM THAT IT'S SAFE
ONLY UNDER ONE GOD…ONE RULE…
TO FIGHT THE FOREIGN LANDS
THEN SECRETLY THE POWERS THAT BE
WILL SHAKE EACH OTHERS HANDS
AND THOUGH MOST HAVE MADE IT CLEAR
THAT THEY'DE RATHER NOT KNOW
I ASK WHERE YOU GONNA RUN
WHEN THERE IS NOWHERE LEFT TO GO
WE NEED A THREAT…
AND WHILE WE SNARL AT EACH OTHER
THROUGH THE TELEVISION SCREEN
AND FIGHT AND HATE EACH OTHER
DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN SKIN
OUR FREEDOMS ARE DEPLEATED
AND OUR WORLD IS STRIPPED CLEAN
AS WE TOIL AWAY OUR LIVES
JUST A GEAR IN THIS MACHINE
WE NEED A THREAT?