Decadent bourgeois obfuscation Neo-fascist warmongers I hailed the coming day When the revolution would be complete And the state withered away Stale phrases rang like music Tell me of your impotence I am one of them Intentional contrast Immense strength Intelligence And the state withered away Stale phrases rang like music Spilled alcohol and sexual current And the state remained the same Stale phrases rang like music And the state remained the same