Bread and Circuses

Unto you the people
You shall never need
I am your Lord Protector
Every mouth I feed
Bring your children to me
I shall teach them well
Bend the knee to Caesar
Come join the shades of Hell

I shall lay before you
Heroes, villains in our play
A spectacle fantastic...
There are monsters that we must defeat

For to rule a people is a simple thing
All that they want, all that they need
All they desire, the world is a stage
Watch as they die for your applause
Feed them... bread and circuses

As they die for you
Break the bread and pass it round
In the colosseum

All that they want, all that they need, all they desire
There are monsters that we must defeat
Bread and circuses

As one man stands up
And with a gesture of his hand
Is fate determined

All of your life, all of your life
Within the safety of the herd
All of your life, all of your life
Upon the stage of the absurd

All that they want, all that they need
All they desire, bread and circuses
There are monsters that we must defeat

All that they want, all that they need
All they desire, the world is a stage
Watch as they die for your applause
Feed them... bread and circuses