YEAR ZERO 
 
It was in my sights, I scaled the heights and still I wanted more! 
And the crowd all nod their heads as I bestow. 
And their looks are kind as they bear in mind all the shame that's gone before, 
So down your beer and raise a cheer for Year Zero. 
 
These conquered people I deplore, these spoils of war 
Who tell me that the situation's unacceptable. 
My plan, colossal in its scope, I only hope 
I'll never see the situation out of my control in Year Zero. 
 
I tighten up my stranglehold. My herd are told: 
“Currently the situation's unacceptable.” 
Let them hate me as long as they respect my way! 
Although I fear the situation's out of my control in Year Zero. 
 
It was in my sights, I scaled the heights and still I wanted more! 
And the crowd all nod their heads as I bestow. 
And their looks are kind as they bear in mind all the shame that's gone before, 
So down your beer and raise a cheer for Year Zero. 
 
Leaders strolling in red satin, 
Soldiers screaming in Pig Latin, 
Always looking for a nation to flatten. 
 
Fear our patience wearing thinner! 
We shall take you saint or sinner! 
Throw your lot in with us, you'll be a winner! 
 
There's a hate symbol carved on a gravestone. 
Emblems of decay unite as one. 
And cries of “Fight!” in a children's playground, 
Did I really see romance once in war? 
 
My inner circle hatch a plot to have me shot, 
So currently the situation's unacceptable. 
So short of friends and of allies, I set my spies, 
Who tell me that the situation's out of my control in Year Zero. 
 
I possessed it all and I had to fall – it's the way it's meant to be! 
And the crowd will shake their heads and turn to go. 
Though my time is spent, now I've cemented a place in history, 
So sup your beer and shed a tear for Year Zero. 
 
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