Know Your Enemy
Not interested in politics or don’t want to fucking face it But if we don’t stand against oppression we might as well embrace it When we act as if it doesn’t affect us we do nothing but pretend Because there’s not a single place on earth that doesn’t belong to them Governed by the policies of an ignorant bigoted few Targeted by the tactics they so willingly abuse They manipulate our means of survival, discourage our desire to react And insure our lack of involvement by keeping our apathy intact Fuck what you think you know-don’t want to deal with politics? Fuck what you think you know-but there’s no escape Fuck what you think you know-where do you think you’re going to hide? Fuck what you think you know-we’re behind enemy lines Lines are all they feed us when politicians speak of freedom Masquerading as democracy’s guardians to make it seem as if we need them They’re out to save us from ourselves and contradict our common sense As bureaucracy batters self-reliance at everyone’s expense Fuck what you think you know-don’t want to deal with politics? Fuck what you think you know-but there’s no escape Fuck what you think you know-where do you think you’re going to hide? Fuck what you think you know-we’re behind enemy lines What can we hope to accomplish when fighting in a war Where those who we are fighting against are also the ones we’re working for People reach their breaking point when they’ve got nothing left to lose So they sedate us with tiny victories that keep us all defused Diverting our attention away from their power that they defend Fearing what we’re capable of if we didn’t depend on them Fuck what you think you know-don’t want to deal with politics? Fuck what you think you know-but there’s no escape Fuck what you think you know-where do you think you’re going to hide? Fuck what you think you know-we’re behind enemy lines
Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 26, 2025
I am George W. Bush and you best not cross my path Because now I have the backing and you’re going to feel my wrath The Christian right adore me because I swore to carry out god’s will Can you believe that they’re my strongest support considering how I love to kill? They can live with murder on death row but not Roe vs. Wade So I promised them if they got me elected some changes would be made So now those irresponsible teenagers will be forced to have a kid It makes no difference to me I don’t sleep around like Clinton did Are we now to regress back to the Reagan years, the ruling elite’s wet dream? Where capital punishment is viewed as civilized but art and music as obscene Claiming that they’re for less government rule in livelihood as they set the stage To tip the scales in the companies favor, freeze the minimum wage Fight to reinstate prayer in public schools and make the christians proud Appoint Supreme Court justices who will insure that abortion is disallowed Cutting all of the medical coverage for those inflicted with A.I.D.S. And push the gays back in the closet in hopes that their movement fades I can’t relate to homosexuals so I’ll keep same sex marriages banned In fact the only dick I like is my second in command You may remember Mr. Cheeney he was one of my daddy’s peers And he’ll really be an asset if he can live for four more years He’s a veteran of the trenches so I put him on my team Because it’s time to bring back all the tactics of the Reagan-Bush regime With Jeb’s help I stole the election and brought the liberal era to an end And although the left-wing will not like it I’m going to set things right again They initiate absurdity that to them makes perfect sense Cut out every social program and simultaneously build up our defense That they’ll mostly use for internal conflict, like when the activists ‘attack’ And the provoked protectors of the law have no choice but to fight back When assessing what the problem is their lack of judgment never fails And the only answer that they have is to build more jails Every time the standard of living drops and a rise in crime ensues They never attribute it to survival but a lack of family values I’m here to restore dignity to the Whitehouse once again And I can’t do that in reality so I’ll guess I’ll just pretend It’s no big shock that I’ll starve the poor and cater to those with wealth In fact the only thing that may surprise you is that I manage to dress myself I am definitely not the brightest man my brain is pretty lame The only reason I made it this far is that I have my daddy’s name But as long as I’m your president you better learn to pray It could only happen in America , god bless the USA
Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025
Hidden behind a wall of secrecy and right in our own backyard In fort Benning, Georgia lies the pentagons prize Well protected behind gun and guard It’s the training ground for counter insurgency For the Latin American and Caribbean countries Specializing in psychological warfare and assassinations And repression of the people in their own nations Here comes the death squad American made An army of butchers Product of the S.O.A. American interests are protected by this machine of death The School of Americas provides the muscle They’re the enforcers of the policies of the World bank and the I.M.F. They commit atrocities for American globalization And profits for multinational corporations At the expense of the people who don’t adhere And are subjected to torture then disappear Here comes the death squad American made An army of butchers Product of the S.O.A. With the school now under fire from human rights advocates The pentagon’s official action has been to change the name So it could continue its mission and operation Nice new image for the same old game But with every human rights violation the opposition grows And it won’t let up until the S.O.A. is closed So you can keep on arresting those who cross the protest line But you can’t cover up who’s really committing the crime With almost 60,000 graduates from 23 countries Responsible for some of the most notorious crimes against humanity Like the massacres that were committed in El Salvador’s civil war Or the 30,000 people slaughtered in Argentina’s ‘dirty war’ America has created a monster from which no one is safe And it will continue to assassinate, torture and rape Until we take responsibility and say enough is enough Since every bit of their training has been funded by us Here comes the death squad American made An army of butchers Product of the S.O.A.
Submitted by The Void — Apr 26, 2025
She’s a domestic violence survivor a regular hospital patient He swears that it was an accident, she claims it was blatant Those who think that they know him will of course have their doubts And the ones who believe her will quickly point out That it’s happened so many times and he hasn’t changed yet If she doesn’t just leave him she deserves what she gets She’ll get no support from those who don’t understand Why she would stay with such an abusive man Why doesn’t she leave? Why does she stay in an abusive situation, where he’s made her his prisoner And the acts of violence get worse every day? Many women lose their support systems Once the batterer has isolated her and no one will listen To her plea for help, her cries of despair And when the incident is over he always swears That he knows there’s a problem and he’s going to get help Not for her but for himself Shifting the focus to his pain and away from hers Convincing her that it’s not just his problem but both of theirs So he needs her support and for her to remain Because he really is trying and he’s going to change So she remains in an abusive situation And lives with fear and intimidation And the familiar words of regret and repeated apologies The psychological battering and sexual abuse And the promise of reprisal if she ever leaves Each day there’s a new bruise that she manages to hide Sometimes it’s denial and sometimes it’s pride She really doesn’t want to live life this way But there are countless reasons why she might stay Maybe it’s low self-esteem No self-respect Maybe it’s her children that she’s trying to protect Maybe it’s financial security, having a home Having to make it out on her own Maybe she sees it as normal from her childhood abuse Maybe she’s tired of fighting so what’s the use Maybe the police who were called doubted her statement Or maybe she loves him and is trying to be patient He’ll never run out of excuses for his continued assault He’ll rationalize his abuse and how it’s really her fault If she’d only obey him and be a better wife If he didn’t have all of these pressures in his job or his life It’s not because stress has taken its toll But because he’s seeking obedience, dominance and power And he knows that his abuse gets him control And if it gets him what he wants then he’ll do it again The single greatest cause of injury to women is by abusive men Thousands of women are murdered by their partners every year Is it so hard to understand why she stays and lives in fear?
Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 26, 2025
To all of you sexual deviants that have perversely lost your way To all of you with loved ones that have been immorally led astray Fear no more, have faith in us, gods soldiers are here to appease We’ll save you from immorality by helping to rid you of this horrid disease Bring the gays, the lesbians and bisexuals- we’ve got the cure Bring the queers, the transsexuals, and transgendereds- we’ve got the cure Bring the sinful, bring the immoral, bring the sick- we’ve got the cure Change your ways, ignore your instincts, repress your feelings- sin no more This disease can now be treated with god’s help these sinners can be cured And traditional Christian gender roles can be forcibly restored But just like with alcoholics, all of our efforts can’t succeed If they’d rather live in denial and refuse to get the help they need Bring the gays, the lesbians and bisexuals- we’ve got the cure Bring the queers, the transsexuals, and transgendereds- we’ve got the cure Bring the sinful, bring the immoral, bring the sick- we’ve got the cure Change your ways, ignore your instincts, repress your feelings- sin no more People are not born this way like these gay rights activists suggest We’ve conducted our own “impartial” studies and have determined that we’re correct It’s an unnatural, corrupt behavior that threatens spirituality and health We can cure these sexual deviants if they’re willing to help themselves Bring the gays, the lesbians and bisexuals- we’ve got the cure Bring the queers, the transsexuals, and transgendereds- we’ve got the cure Bring the sinful, bring the immoral, bring the sick- we’ve got the cure Change your ways, ignore your instincts, repress your feelings- sin no more
With the cold war now behind us we no longer live in fear Of a world on the brink of annihilation Where in a flash it could all disappear The forgotten nuclear stockpiles of military might Were never designed for use or destruction But to help us sleep at night What ever happened to our nuclear arms? They were only forgotten they weren’t disarmed The threat has not been left behind They’re just out of sight and out of mind The absence of a threat is another illusion To keep us all sedate So we won’t reject but just accept When someone else controls our fate And from taking issue with the massive armaments And their outrageous cost And the possibility of nuclear war The whole world would have lost What ever happened to our nuclear arms? They were only forgotten they weren’t disarmed The threat has not been left behind They’re just out of sight and out of mind The ghosts of the past strongly suggest that our responsibility not be waived while the skeletons in our closet prove that we’re depraved the insanity of the superpowers placed us in a race with an unavoidable finish that we’re still condemned to face the threat of a nuclear holocaust will continue to persist as long as hatred is still alive and the weapons still exist we’re no safer now than we ever were we’re simply in denial in truth the reality of destruction has been with us all the while we’re still faced with the doomsday scenario and it still is our concern will we ever face our responsibility or will humanity never learn What ever happened to our nuclear arms? They were only forgotten they weren’t disarmed The threat has not been left behind They’re just out of sight and out of mind
Submitted by Corpse Grinder — Apr 26, 2025
Blinding, shattering brightness breaks the darkness of dawn Blistering gusts of fire, a nightmare in life forever torn Fear Silence Misery Devastation Left in the shambles, the smoke, innocent victims of war Hiding behind their nakedness, in fear of what’s left for their unborn Fear Silence Misery Devastation Bloodied, blinded, shaking, left in horror of your bomb Burnt, broken, sweating, scarred for life in your war Fear Silence Misery Devastation
Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025
Shots fired by hired thugs Public servants don’t murder and maim Hiding behind their double standards targeting the victim with bullets and blame Providing a wall of defense for dictators and tyrants Shielding them from accountability, concern and complaints Showing zero tolerance and lacking restraint Combating defiance with violence All while they decide our fates Create a story from an ‘impartial’ and ‘reliable’ source One that sanctions and justifies force And allows those responsible to parade their remorse While the corpse is further desecrated Another terror tactic the police implement Resentment shown to those who oppose and hold this whole charade in contempt When police over reaction is caught by the cameras The world watches to see what happens next The politicians protect and defend those responsible For needlessly gunning down or beating a person to death This gross abuse of power sets the example for violence And rejects the ideals of tolerance and respect So will their continuing assaults result in more violence? What else could they possibly expect? Now that they’ve set the precedence For brutality towards activists and excusing police actions All other cities can increase their efforts To stifle the message and stamp out reaction What happened to our right to assemble? This resembles the tactics the fascists enacted To insure that no one listens while they lock us in prisons And everyone’s civil and human rights are retracted
Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025
In university vivisection labs another million of government grants is spent For better money a lawyer sells out the client he’s supposed to represent Insurance companies public relations campaigns are an undisputable lie Blaming ‘insurance fraud’ as the reason why premiums are so ridiculously high They use their advertising propaganda to convince the people that they’re not corrupt And so the disabled are viewed as criminals, while they’re the ones who won’t pay up Pharmaceutical stock-holding doctors playing god with peoples lives They’ll subject you to chemotherapy knowing well you won’t survive The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands Is why this capitalist system and government still stands How many patients will die from a disease without the cause ever being known Like the members of the military who are now inflicted with gulf war syndrome Could this be another mysterious disease that they swear lacks their involvement Or an experiment done by the chemical-biological warfare department Research and production paid for by the pentagon’s black budget funding That’s secretly been agreed to be increased by the next presidential candidate running Whose office has to be bought quickly because he’s running out of time And his opponent endorsed capital punishment first to show he’s tough on crime The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands Is why this capitalist system and government still stands But both will agree the reports of political prisoners are merely fairy tales It’s absurd to think that innocent people might inhabit our jails It’s more acceptable and politically profitable to believe the corrupt F.O.P. Whose true colors are occasionally caught on videotape for the entire world to see In addition to cops beating dissidents there are more extreme solutions Like the government sanctioned lobotomies performed in mental institutions That the state can confidently assure us no longer occurs Apathy is the condition that their money and propaganda now preserves The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands Is why this capitalist system and government still stands Status is manipulated by capital, those with wealth now feed the publics view Power is kept beyond the peoples reach, the world is run by the few People of independent and artistic thought have all been ostracized Now seen as freaks and lunatics culture has been lobotomized Finances now proclaim importance, the businessmen hold the respected opinion And possess the means to maintain their power in this capitalist dominion They take every precaution to insure that our path’s already set And revel in their efforts when we absolutely pose no threat Just like the child on Ritalin that’s force-fed drugs to control behavior Or the flock of worshippers on their knees obedient servants to their savior Or the people who once stood defiant that alcohol now keeps complacent Or the suppression of the imagination, thanks to mindless entertainment The entertaining of our minds leads to the containing of our lives Where compassion has no place but capitalism thrives And the ruling class survives because money dictates what’s right While the ills of our society are conveniently kept out of sight When we mirror their ideals and adhere to money and control It affects all facets of our lives and swiftly takes its toll No person or profession is immune from moneys filthy reach It turns us against one another and keeps us on a leash When money and distractions reinforce the oppressive grasp Any hopes of creating change will regrettably collapse The more problems we have as individuals, the more we seem to miss The more they divert our attention the more they can accomplish The whitewashing of minds and the greasing of hands Is why this capitalist system and government still stands We naively believe that if we just play their game then maybe we stand a chance We step on one another in hopes that our lives will soon advance We overlook each other’s needs and give in to the pressures of the state We don’t trust our leaders when it comes to politics but we allow them to control our fate If we live our lives under their heel do we really have a choice But to break the cycle of silence and raise our dissenting voice To support government oppression by indifference may not be our intent But it’s still just as effective as if we gave them our consent
Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025
Do you know what they’re up to while we sleep? They pass ‘free trade’ legislation that favors the companies Do you know what they’re up to while we sleep? They cut social programs to fund war technology Do you know what they’re up to while we sleep? They inject genetically engineered hormones into everything we eat Do you know what they’re up to while we sleep? They use our own money to pay for our defeat Wake up from this dogmatic slumber Stand up and face our enemies Rise up we’ve got the numbers Live up to what we could actually be Do you know what they’re up to while we sleep? They embrace trickle down economics that maintain us as slaves Do you know what they’re up to while we sleep? They treat the poor as criminals and give dictators parades Do you know what they’re up to while we sleep? They bombard us with advertisements until our willpower succumbs Do you know what they’re up to while we sleep? They utilize slave labor that keeps us competing for crumbs Wake up from this dogmatic slumber Stand up and face our enemies Rise up we’ve got the numbers Live up to what we could actually be They exploit our differences to create more divisions They keep us subservient with flags and religions They threaten us with loss of our freedom and soul They employ all of these tactics to keep their control And once we’re separated and contained by the systems oppressive tactics Once the flame is extinguished and our leaders fucking have us We’re an unwilling contribution towards the system we despise We’re a part of the machine and our lives are fucking lies Do you know what they’re up to while we sleep? They bomb civilian populations to secure a better price for oil Do you know what they’re up to while we sleep? They wage nonstop war against activists until the dissidents recoil Do you know what they’re up to while we sleep? They expose us to the biological weapons they manufacture in the lab Do you know what they’re up to while we sleep? They steal our minds, destroy our bodies and leave us on the slab Wake up from this dogmatic slumber Stand up and face our enemies Rise up we’ve got the numbers Live up to what we could actually be
Submitted by NecroLord — Apr 26, 2025
You claim that you’re trying to cure disease Does destroying life make you pleased? Senseless tests with nothing to prove Destruction of animals is what you choose Taxpayer’s money supplies the fuel For experiments that are torture, irrelevant and cruel Blinding the public with a corporate lie When it all comes back to you, there’s nowhere to hide Not only is vivisection a despicable violent crime But it’s also an absolute waste of fucking time Animal’s lives were meant to be free Not to be burned or forced to bleed Ripped from their families, fear in their eyes It’s all out of greed, there’s no disguise Locked in a cage with nowhere to run Delirious and drugged, soaking in blood A scientist is what you’re not You’re just a fiend with a murdering plot Conscience erased, you’re drowning in shame It’s their life not your fucking game You can hide from the public but I know the truth It’s not a career, it’s fucking abuse
Submitted by Infernal Flame — Apr 26, 2025
Despite the wage stagnation the economy still has the illusion of growth Because people are now deeper in debt, spending more than what they’re worth Working more jobs and hours for less pay in an effort to get by Enticed with the buy now, pay later pitfall you gladly just comply Maxing out on credit cards burying yourselves deeper in debt Owing thousands of dollars to creditors you haven’t worked for yet Our credit enables you to purchase instant gratification And material possessions alleviate feelings of indignation You’ll spend your entire life trying to escape from our economic cage Living off of unemployment or trying to survive on a starvation wage We’ll gladly pay for your education encouraging careers Then we’ll capitalize on the interest you’ll be paying for twenty years We’ve gone through all of the trouble of trapping you in jobs with pay reduced And if after all of our efforts you’re still reluctant to produce We’ll take your job security elsewhere, we’ll ship it overseas Where people will happily line up to do whatever we please They’ll work for practically nothing and never threaten us with strikes So stay in line or your place of employment will be your former company site We’ve lobbied for all of this leverage that we hold above your head We’d rather not pay the worker so we’ll pay the politicians instead Who in turn push through the “trade laws” under a mask of America ’s best interest Cutting out the work force due to corporate reassessment With no worldwide exploitation laws the world is for the taking Our CEO’s are making billions off the products that the workers are making Are you tired of working for nothing? Are you tired of working just to get by? Are you tired of working to line others pockets, so they can get rich while you barely survive? By making slave labor more accessible to the American corporations We don’t have to worry about health benefits or safety regulations NAFTA was the biggest scam we ever sold to the American public Convincing all of you suckers that it really was for your benefit The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and you always wonder why As you pay for your oppression with every product that you buy We refuse to pay the world a living wage, the companies wouldn’t collapse But you’d simply gain a little ground in the growing wealth gap The boss who rides you everyday, is also the one who signs your pay Do you stay and deal with all the shit or quit and find another way To feed your family, keep them warm and make the best with what you get Let them threaten you with loss of job and be thankful that it hasn’t happened yet
Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025
Within the sterile environment that carries out American retribution The threatened insist that vengeance is the only acceptable solution Emotions fuel the media frenzy, relentlessly searching for satisfaction The world’s superpower, made to feel vulnerable, is now demanding action No one can breathe easy until he’s drawn his final breath And taken his place amongst his victims in the company of death Demonized for something that our government does every single day But when it happens in our own backyard, you know that someone’s going to pay Is state sanctioned murder really closure? Focusing on vengeance, our government will do whatever it takes Satisfied that this brand of justice outweighs all mistakes But when does an immoral act become justified Ignore the responsibility and a person is crucified By the abuse and corruption of the laws that supposedly protect No individual or government should have legality over death A life for a life, an eye for an eye, no government has the right To continue the cycle of violence and show it’s ultimate might Is state sanctioned murder really closure? We wipe our hands clean, he got what he deserved In our minds we can rationalize that justice has been served But in reality nothing is ever really accomplished When justice is overshadowed by a primal need for vengeance Killing another person won’t wash away the guilt Just put another victim in the house of cards the state built How many more lives will our government erase? When revenge in our legal system is commonplace Is state sanctioned murder really closure? Do you now feel safe? Do you now feel secure? Will you sleep any easier now that they’ve evened the score? Is your mind now at peace? Has your way of life been defended? Has all of the pain or just another life ended? Is it your desire to see another dead? Will it bring you closure and put your fears to bed? You grasp at an illusion to use as a safety net But what we find in the end is a nation with no self-respect Not only is there the illusion of safety but also the illusion of healing That a death sentence is going to help how the victims’ loved ones are feeling But instead of compassion they find a murderous beast and a bloodstain The government can kill all they want but they can’t kill the pain The hurt they feel can’t be cured by a lethal injection A state sanctioned murder won’t bring about resurrection Death cannot mend, so we only pretend That the cycle of violence and all the pain ends
Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025