[Verse 1:]
All hail, the jester has landed
In flyover country he sings
Charmed like a snake in a basket
Should be curled up and ready to spring
We're raising our cross just to burn it
The clergy are selling their souls
Clearing a path, ignoring the facts
Intoxicated by the throne
[Pre-Chorus:]
We'll be standing here holding our ground, come what may
Like a ghost haunts from beyond the grave
[Chorus:]
Welcome to the breakdown
Welcome to the end of the road
Welcome to the breakdown
We've got nowhere else to go
[Verse 2:]
When we all go deaf in the chamber of echoes
Cheering the missile parade
Agreeing to let all the banks rob the people
Together we circle the drain
[Pre-Chorus:]
We'll be standing here holding our ground, come what may
Like a ghost haunts from beyond the grave
[Chorus:]
Welcome to the breakdown
Welcome to the end of the road
Welcome to the breakdown
We've got nowhere else to go
[Chorus 2:]
Welcome to the breakdown
Welcome to the end of the road
This is a breakdown
And we've got nowhere else to go
[Bridge:]
It's a game, you've been played
It's a flock, you're the sheep
It's a pied-piper song that has lulled you to sleep
It's a lie and you fell for it — hook, line, and sinker
A hand that you shook that then gave you the finger
A fraud and a fake, a cowardly king
A lie to your face, but you still kiss the ring
This is the breakdown, this is the breakdown
This is the breakdown!
[Pre-Chorus]
Standing here holding our ground, come what may
Like a ghost haunts from beyond the grave
[Chorus:]
Welcome to the breakdown
Welcome to the end of the road
Welcome to the breakdown
We've got nowhere else to go
[Chorus 2:]
Welcome to the breakdown
Welcome to the end of the road
This is a breakdown
And we've got nowhere else to go
[Outro:]
It's not much, but this is home
And there's nowhere else to go