Doomed Are We

Fleeing persecution and dreaming of freedom,
Forming a clean nation of religious refugees
Founders proclaiming toleration of worship;
It is a grand New Wold here across the sea,
Explorers and traders and settlers welcome,
Just forgive and forget to get the travel slip.

A past forgotten is a history repeated,
Doomed, then, are we, ignorant of our beginning,
Twisted archives bend to interpretation,
Those in power determine the meaning,
Personal gain and greed become sacred,
"Separation of church and state" lost in translation;

Something has changed somewhere along the way,
Loose interpretation falls from the leaders' jaws,
A man's strict scripture now redefines his power,
Religious ideals slowly infect our national laws,
Through the Will Of God do the politicians stray,
Individual freedoms and the rights of the people sour.

A past forgotten is a history repeated,
Doomed, then, are we, ignorant of our beginning,
Tainted archives bend to interpretation,
Jaded power determines the meaning,
Personal gain and greed become sacred,
"For the good of the people" lost in translation.

The World Is Going Under

The world is going under,
Down, down, down, faster than ever,
Round and round the drain,
Dizzying and mind numbing the sane;
Give up hope, it is but a lie,
Notice not a single protest cry?
No one notices, just drink the empty cup;
What is up is down, down is up,
Topsy turvy is the way to go,
A roller coaster never slow,
Politicians whisper in the ear,
Would have you think the end is never near.
The charge is on one and all,
Best to surrender to the fall,
The world is going under.