Every Bloody Emperor-Van Der Graaf Generator

[ti:Every Bloody Emperor] [ar:Van Der Graaf Generator] [al:Present] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.23]Every Bloody Emperor - Van Der Graaf Generator [00:01.45]Written by：P Hammill [00:02.34] [00:38.16]By this we are all sustained [00:41.04] [00:44.60]A belief in human nature [00:48.48] [00:49.17]And in justice and parity [00:51.85] [00:53.11]All we have is the faith to carry on [00:59.24] [01:08.13]Imperceptible the change as [01:14.48]Our votes become mere gestures [01:17.65] [01:18.41]And our lords and masters [01:21.37]Determine to cast us [01:24.06]In the roles of serfs and slaves [01:28.29]In the new empire's name [01:31.56] [01:34.55]Yes and every bloody emperor [01:37.79]Claims that freedom is his cause [01:40.80]As he buffs up on his common touch as a get out clause [01:47.26] [01:52.35]Unto nations nations speak [01:55.07] [01:58.73]In the language of the gutter [02:03.16]Trading prime time insults the imperial impulse [02:08.94]Extends across the screen [02:12.32] [02:15.58]Truth's been beaten to its knees [02:18.65] [02:21.31]The lies embed ad infinitive [02:24.37] [02:25.21]Till their repetition becomes a dictum [02:31.34] [02:32.13]We're traitors to disbelieve [02:33.89] [02:38.57]With what impotence we grieve [02:41.45] [02:44.79]For the democratic process [02:48.32] [02:49.14]As our glorious leaders conspire to feed us [02:54.55]The last dregs of imperious disdain [02:58.49] [03:00.23]In the new empire's name [03:01.66] [03:06.25]Yes and every bloody emperor's [03:09.20]Got his hands up history's skirt [03:11.29] [03:11.93]As he poses for posterity over the fresh dug dirt [03:17.31]Yes and every bloody emperor [03:20.33]With his sickly rictus grin [03:22.48] [03:23.15]Talks his way out of nearly [03:25.51]Anything but the lie within [03:27.26] [03:28.46]Because every bloody emperor [03:31.65]Thinks his right to rule divine [03:34.25]So he'll go spinning and spinning [03:36.17]And spinning into his own decline [03:38.67] [05:19.25]Imperceptible the change [05:21.37] [05:25.08]As one by one our voices falter [05:29.28] [05:29.96]And the double standards of propaganda [05:35.74]Still all our righteous rage [05:40.22] [05:48.65]By this we are all sustained [05:51.34] [05:55.37]Our belief in human nature [05:59.31] [05:59.81]But our faith diminishes [06:02.73] [06:03.92]Close to the finish [06:05.33] [06:06.44]We're only serfs and slaves [06:10.78]As the empire decays