Let's Be the Jury - Be a Hero Lyrics

You wanted to be a militant, selfless
A martyr for liberty
As seen on TV
Watching while they force feed the silver linings of butchery
Inbred god complex tricks you into service of crooks who would harness your eager lives
As the stacks pile high
They fuel the fires with the deified

Let me show you who benefits when they use desperate kids as delegates to barter foreign oil
Let me tell you a little bit about who has no problems watching you falling on your swords
Now let me ask you if you can figure out who these selfish pigs' promises are really working for

Begging for a taste of hand-delivered fate
Fueled by self-righteous hate that's been festering subliminally
At first you were thirsty for blood but now you're just confused
The cries of innocence can't buy more freedom for you
A flash and clarity reveals the writing's on the shells
The closing bell says their bets were hedged on you
The manipulated man
Just trying to stay ahead
But the profits go to them
With wide eyes you realize you're a pawn of corruption

Let me show you who benefits when they use the dirty tricks of capitalists to press gang the youth
Let me tell you the story of a man who spent his life sowing strife in the name of half truths
Now let me ask you if you can figure out who their pork barrel promises are really going to

It's not what you were told
And you didn't know
As soon as you go you'll be a hero
It's not what you were told
And you didn't know
As soon as you go
You'll be a hero
You'll be a hero
You'll be a hero

Let me show you how this system of abuse grinds you down and spits you out as if you had nothing left to lose
Let me tell you what you won't hear on the news - their helping hands are better than yours at tying a noose
Now let me ask you why you won't refuse to be lured into fantasies of deifying the ones out fighting