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Not as They Seem

They're counting on everyone to turn a blind eye

Don't want us to see through their mastery of disguise

Turn a war crime into a Nobel Peace prize

And find a terrorist behind a praying man's eyes

Claim to open your heart while you close off your mind

Ignorance must be bliss to those with something to hide

And pretty soon the only question left for you to face is why

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Feel the weight on your shoulders

Is it only me or are things not quite as they seem

Bringing in democracy with the barrel of a gun

But when they're lying dead how can they enjoy freedom

Peace for the living is not in their plan

Gotta understand, gotta take a stand

And gotta start asking questions now before it's too late

Like when did this world become so consumed by hate

Or maybe that's just the truth

They want us to believe, to deceive, to let them be

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And now every voice of reason they seem to criminalize

When the only crime we're guilty of is our hope for a better life

They may have their tanks and their bombs and their guns and their money and their lies

But we know we're right

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Seems like all around me things are changing

It's not only me believing that things aren't quite as they seem

Not as they seem