The Quiet Parts lyrics

Listen, they said it before Loud as a wail, clear as a siren Blunt as a cannonball Listen, they'll say it again Sharp as an promise Deep as a devil All while we were Sleeping Well aware that power poisons And absolute consumes Too late, they told you their name Said just who they were Should've believed them Zealots are tugging the strings feeding the ID And starving the ego Choking the light right out Soon as the quiet parts were trumpeted e bellowed We should have listened then E shored up to keep from Drowning beneath the ugly Tidal wave of the true believers Too late, told you their name Said just who they were Should've believed them Sleeping well aware that power poisons Listen, they said it before Loud as a wail, clear as a siren Blunt as a cannonball Soon as the quiet parts were trumpeted e bellowed We should have listened then E shored up to keep from Should've believed them