The System Has Failed

[Intro]

This is breaking news

It appears that Air Force One was shot down

Somewhere over the Middle East this morning

By a sleeper cell of rogue terrorists, firing a Stinger Missile

The pilot and all passengers are unaccounted for

The President's whereabouts are presently unknown

And he is presumed missing

The Vice President, Secretary of State

And principles of the military are assembling

Our nation stands at DEFCON 3

[Verse 1]

The greatest crisis, will someone come for me

I "red, white and blew it"

Unleashed revenge, my body is detained

How could anybody do this

Betrayal, I peel away the days

Medals are useless, Uncle Sam's forgotten me

I'm not important no one will ever come

I'll never be found, God get me out of this hell

[Verse 2]

Nuclear battlefields energized

Cold wars are heating up again

The tensions mounting

People lift up your fists in revenge

[Verse 3]

The stage is set

Who will be the first to blink?

We can't go to war

Remember that "Vietnam thing"

Peace at any price

With a gun to your head, bang, bang

Weakness runs in your family

What runs in mine is death

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]

This is your 5-minute warning

Burn all your classified documents

And if cooler heads don't prevail

First strike from a political dead man

[Spoken]

"Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive

He understands only one language — action!

And he respects only one word — force!

No sign of them stopping, no time for back channel communiqués

We need all the help we can get, air strikes and invasions

Retaliate, I say!"

"The will of good men can not counter the terrible strain of war"

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 5]

Blackmail the universe with the greatest of calamities

Awaken those sleeping giants in the dust of the ground

With their skin destroyed, unjust to innocence

Lawful possessor of the worlds last 24 hours

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 6]

Terror and ugliness reveal what death really means

And in hatred, you see men as they really are

If chosen over heaven, earth will have been for them

All along, only another region of hell

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]

It's twilight and I wake up hot

My body's soaked in a cold, cold sweat

I re-enact the lurid scenes

And clawed engravings in my head

[Chorus]

Oh, I can't punch hard enough (and I run)

I can't kick high enough (and I run)

I can't shoot straight enough (and I run)

I can't hold on enough (and I run)

Oh, I can't stay down enough (and I run)

I can't take pain enough (and I run)

I can't bleed fast enough

I can't die dead enough

[Verse 2]

The air is thick, but the oxygen's thin

My heart is beating like a drum (boom)

And ice is flowing through my veins

Explosives on my lips, and in my lungs

[Chorus]

Oh, I can't punch hard enough (and I run)

I can't kick high enough (and I run)

I can't shoot straight enough (and I run)

I can't hold on enough (and I run)

Oh, I can't stay down enough (and I run)

I can't take pain enough (and I run)

I can't bleed fast enough

I can't die dead enough

[Bridge]

I don't know what I'm running from

And I don't know where I'm running to

There's something deep and strange inside of me, I see

I don't know what I'm running from

And I don't know where I'm running to

Something's compelling me to run into the dark

[Verse 3]

And now I am more driven than before

And now I live just to settle score

And now I feel the nearness of your breath

Now I introduce you to your death

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

I am more driven than before

I live just to settle score

I feel the nearness of your breath

I introduce you to your death

I can't punch hard enough

I can't kick high enough

I can't shoot straight enough

I can't hold on enough

I can't stay down enough (die dead enough)

I can't take pain enough (die dead enough)

I can't bleed fast enough (die dead enough)

I can't die dead enough (die dead enough)

[Verse 1]

My life is everything

That feeds my thirst, that causes sin

My wants are all I care

No shame and guilt, there's nothing there

Look deep into my face

I sell deceit without a trace

Fear not what I can do

Unless you want it done to you

[Chorus 1]

As I climb onto your back I will promise not to sting

I will tell you what you want to hear and not mean anything

Then I treat you like a dog as I shoot my venom in

You pretend you didn't know that I am a scorpion

[Verse 2]

My self, I'm centered in

There's nothing else, there's never been

And I dream to be left alone

With the sadness, the madness of my own

Look deep into my soul

It's black as coal like a bullet hole

Fear not, get off your knees

There's no defense, you'll do what I please

[Chorus 1]

As I climb onto your back I will promise not to sting

I will tell you what you want to hear and not mean anything

Then I treat you like a dog as I shoot my venom in

You pretend you didn't know that I am a scorpion

[Chorus 2]

As I climb onto your back I will promise not to sting

I will tell you what you want to hear and not mean anything

I will treat you like a dog as I shoot my venom in

'Cause you knew all along I am the scorpion

[Verse 3]

My lies to reach the shore

I aggrandize and nothing more

My hopes to steal away

All that you love I'll soon betray

Look deep into my past

The pain I feel is unsurpassed

I'm not a lowly scorpion

I'm so much worse, I'm the fall of man

[Outro]

"Fighting broke out overnight between rival factions along the Israeli/Syrian border. Initial reports claim Israeli jet fighters bombed the guerrilla base killing at least 49 soldiers and 13 civilians."

"A 49-year-old unidentified man went berserk last night opening fire with a 12-gauge shotgun in a crowded downtown restaurant. 14 people are dead including 3 children."

"A crackdown on laboratory experiments on animals is expected to become law today. Animal rights activists have been pushing for the bill for 9 years and have taken part in mass demonstrations throughout the nation."

"Police have smashed a multi-million-dollar drug smuggling ring. 22 pounds of heroin was seized along with a small amount of cocaine, marijuana, and hashish. 25 people have been arrested and face charges ranging from smuggling to possession for the purpose of trafficking."

[Spoken]

I served with Jack Kennedy

I knew Jack Kennedy

Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine

Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy

Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy