Tonight they will be cheering
Tonight champagne corks will fly
Tonight they're celebrating
Confetti falls blue, red, and white
The elected giving speeches to the faithful standing by
Fateful, grateful, hopeful for a future-promised lie
Oh, tonight some will be modest
Tonight some will concede
Tonight best wishes offered
As they feign humanity
The defeated, optimistic
Give their speeches with a sigh
Pontificate that better days will come in two years' time
Yesterday was bathed in slander
Yesterday, defined by lies
Yesterday, the English language beaten, bound, and victimized
Simple words were simply spoken
And the complex simplified
Every color of the rainbow
Darkest black or brightest white
Yesterday, everything ugly
Yesterday, the spineless fight
Yesterday the bar was lowered
Broadcast in 30 seconds' time
The opponent firmly fastened
In the rifle's steady sights
The trigger pulled revealed
We were within the bullet's flight
Tomorrow the sun rises
Tomorrow we will find
That the money spent
The half-truths bent
Won't change a thing in all our lives
The power-hungry will have quenched their horrendous appetites
While starving masses, falling
Grasp their expendable insides
Tonight champagne corks will fly
Tonight they're celebrating
Confetti falls blue, red, and white
The elected giving speeches to the faithful standing by
Fateful, grateful, hopeful for a future-promised lie
Oh, tonight some will be modest
Tonight some will concede
Tonight best wishes offered
As they feign humanity
The defeated, optimistic
Give their speeches with a sigh
Pontificate that better days will come in two years' time
Yesterday was bathed in slander
Yesterday, defined by lies
Yesterday, the English language beaten, bound, and victimized
Simple words were simply spoken
And the complex simplified
Every color of the rainbow
Darkest black or brightest white
Yesterday, everything ugly
Yesterday, the spineless fight
Yesterday the bar was lowered
Broadcast in 30 seconds' time
The opponent firmly fastened
In the rifle's steady sights
The trigger pulled revealed
We were within the bullet's flight
Tomorrow the sun rises
Tomorrow we will find
That the money spent
The half-truths bent
Won't change a thing in all our lives
The power-hungry will have quenched their horrendous appetites
While starving masses, falling
Grasp their expendable insides