Will god help us when America burns 
we're vicious creatures and we're all taking turns 
will god help us when the insurrection rages 
we've got a drug 
we're burning pages of love 
(the dead desire fertility 
stolen from a distant scene 
and all your drugs and your machines 
can't save you now 
we will invoke forgotten names 
smash the sets of our hurricanes 
and when we reach the living end 
we will begin again) 

will god help us when America burns 
we're vicious creatures and we're all taking turns 
will god help us when the insurrection rages 
we've got a drug 
we're burning pages of love