blacktop pavement cover me    like a chemical reaction or a steam roller    spreading randomly       there's a distant buzz and a low frequency    it tickles my ear, it rumbles under my feet    and it shakes the leaves off of every tree (violently)    what pretension! Everlasting peace    everything must cease       institution on the Hill    like a beacon in the mind of an ancestor    to ignite a people's will       there's a shadowed stain on the west facade    it has spread like decay to enshroud the fraud    and the descendants find oh so odd    (oh so odd)    what pretension! Everlasting peace    everything must cease       grave memorial hewn white stone    like the comforting caress of a mother    or a friend you've always known       it evokes such pain and significance    what was once is reduced to remembrance   and the generations pass without recompense    what pretension! Everlasting peace    everything must cease