Testify

The movie ran through me

The glamour subdue me

The tabloid untie me

I'm empty please fill me

Mister anchor assure me

That Baghdad is burning

Your voice it is so soothing

That cunning mantra of killing

I need you my witness

To dress this up so bloodless

To numb me and purge me now

Of thoughts of blaming you

Yes the car is our wheelchair

My witness your coughing

Oily silence mocks the legless

Ones who travel now in coffins

On the corner

The jurys sleepless

We found your weakness

And its right outside your door

Now testify

With precision you feed me

My witness Im hungry

Your temple it calms me

So I can carry on

My slaving, sweating,

The skin right off my bones

On a bed of fire Im choking

On the smoke that fills my home

The wrecking ball is rushing

Witness your blushing

The pipeline is gushing

While here we lie in tombs

While on the corner

The jurys sleepless

We found your weakness

And its right outside your door

Now testify

Mass graves for the pump and the price is set

Who controls the past now controls the future

Who controls the present now controls the past

Who controls the past now controls the future

Who controls the present now?

Now testify

*Lyrics by Zack de la Rocha