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Intro

(Distant sirens wailing)

(News broadcast fragments overlap)

"Breaking news... corruption scandal..."

"Protests erupt across..."

"Officials deny allegations..."

Verse 1

Backroom deals behind the marble walls

Lobbyists with cash making all the calls

Distractions keep the people occupied

While freedom and justice slowly die

Corporate puppets with their strings attached

Democracy's been hacked and patched

The working class left in the dust

As systems built on greed and lust

Pre-Chorus

But we see through the smoke and mirrors now

We won't back down, we won't just bow[Chorus]

Money talks and truth walks away

Behind closed doors, the deals are made

Power games they love to play

Dirty politics running every day

Post-Chorus

Power! Money! Lies! Control!

(Power! Money! Lies! Control!)

Verse 2

Promises made just to be broken

Empty words are all they've spoken

Media spins what they want you to hear

Manufacturing consent through hope and fear

Campaign funds from the corporate hands

While common folks can't make their demands

The system's rigged from the start to the end

Against the people it claims to defend

Pre-Chorus

But we see through the smoke and mirrors now

We won't back down, we won't just bow

Chorus

Money talks and truth walks away

Behind closed doors, the deals are made

Power games they love to play

Dirty politics running every day

Post-Chorus

Power! Money! Lies! Control!

(Power! Money! Lies! Control!)[Bridge]

The propaganda machine keeps turning

While the planet is slowly burning

They divide us with hate and fear

So we don't see the real problems here

The elites laugh as we fight each other

Turn neighbor against brother

But there's power when we unite

Time to stand up for what's right

Verse 3

Social media algorithms feed the rage

While we're all trapped in this digital cage

Corporations writing the laws they obey

Democracy's just a game that they play

But the youth are rising from the ashes

As the old corrupt system crashes

A revolution of the mind

Breaking chains that have kept us blind

Chorus

Money talks and truth walks away

Behind closed doors, the deals are made

Power games they love to play

Dirty politics running every day

Post-Chorus

Power! Money! Lies! Control!

(Power! Money! Lies! Control!)

End