Gone To Black
[VERSE]
One twenty-fourteen. It was a whole world ago
Shit was hitting the fan so rapidly but none of us was in the know
I had Korn in my headset and a whole lotta work to do
Passion in heart and a handful of friends who were like family
Those people were you
Times were tough
Often rough
But there was also some cool stuff
To remember and cherish
To build and embellish
A sense of a better future that's not too far out of reach
A whole lotta hopes, a whole lotta struggles, a whole lotta dreams per each
[VERSE]
God, I wish I’d known things were getting so fucking serious
But I have been libtarded and understandably oblivious
Deaf and blind to a new conflict so dark and hideous
Blood brothers got ripped apart, a nation went delirious
Fuck the fuckers who sold it out! Another proxy war
Civilians shelled in the East, at my motherland's door
I wish I knew the scope, the magnitude, and all that that entails
As I was waving goodbye to you and hoping to see you when peace prevails
When peace prevails
When peace prevails
[VERSE]
But things started to take an unexpected turn
Brother, they ramped up the propaganda while the Donbas burned
The growing division, the ever-uglier lesions
Of a domestic terror campaign dubbed a democratic vision
What a shit show
So you and others were getting further and further away
As I was watching you and getting more awake
To the fact that it's not about the thousands of miles that set us apart
But rather about what’s in the mind and heart
[VERSE]
Lo and behold! Agreements are tattered and torn
The same old crazy puppeteers are pushing and pushing their scorn
From overseas while your bloody clown cooks up a storm
The Cold War never ended hence the diplomacy porn
I thought we were friends but seeds of discord have been long sown
Now hatred, delusion, and paranoia are born
Fuck you! Instead of Batka Makhno, you picked Stepan Bandera
What is your cover story? War on Russian terror?
[VERSE]
Come two twenty-four twenty twenty-two
All hell breaks loose, and now there's nothing I really can do
But hold my middle ground and face the inevitable
Radical ideas make common sense severable
I tried to save our friendship but it was all getting out of wack
Relentless lies, the talking heads and pundits picked up the slack
Your rage is misplaced ‘cause you fell victim to a psyop attack
I lost you, one by one, and now you're gone to black
[PRE-Chorus]
Lost!
You're gone to black
Lost, lost
Now, you're gone to black
Lost, lost, lost
And now, you're gone to black
Gone to black
(Батарея! Залпом! Триста тридцать три!!!)
[Chorus]
The world won't be the same
And there's no going back
Our past is buried in the flames
And bitter charred ashes
[Chorus]
It didn’t have to end
In mindless loss of life
How many more will find their death
Before the sun rises?
[VERSE]
How many more will be sacrificed?
How many billions will suffice?
How many crooked mirrors will project the lies
That a psychopathic leviathan devised?
[VERSE]
The devil knew where to place the bait
Seduce a handful and conquer all the state
The demiurge is a hegemonic demagogue at best
A self-elected god eager to molest
The world
The world
And now, you’re gone to black
And now, you're gone to black
All gone to black
One by one, one by one
All gone to black
One by one, one by one
[Chorus]
It didn’t have to end
In mindless loss of life
How many more will find their death
Before the sun rises?
[VERSE]
I wish you didn't have to go, I wish I never had to stay
You never know when is that last goodbye, tomorrow or today
I loved and hoped and waited but there's no going back
I lost you, one by one, and now you're gone to black