Killing Joke

Mark out the points Build the pyre Assemble different drummers Light up the fire Put on your masks And animal skins Illumination Illumination Listen to the drums Between each beat Each beat of the drum O beloved mother of liberty Hold me in your arms Burn burn, burn brightly Burn burn, burn white heat Burn burn, burn brightly Burn burn, burn white heat And the day will come Before the lights go out Who will you turn to? Who will you turn to? Choose the crucifixion Or Osiris slain Recurring themes Time again Illumination Illumination Burn burn, burn brightly Burn burn, burn white heat Oh how ingenious, the centuries of lies Ezekiel's chariots streak across the skies Holy books and history texts Forget because we know Souls are recycled in The death and resurrection show O beloved woman of liberty Come to me Everything I'm taught Amounts to naught Everything I learn The fire shall burn Notions of myself That I'm not Whoever I was Is now lost Illumination Illumination Burn burn, burn brightly Burn burn, burn white heat Oh how ingenious, the centuries of lies Ezekiel's chariots streak across the skies Holy books and history texts Forget because we know Souls are recycled in The death and resurrection show O beloved woman of liberty Come to me Burn away all my impurities Hold me in your arms Burn burn, burn brightly Burn burn, burn white heat Burn burn, burn brightly Burn burn, burn white heat Oh how ingenious, the centuries of lies Ezekiel's chariots streak across the skies Holy books and history texts Forget because we know Souls are recycled in The death and resurrection show O beloved woman of liberty Hold me in your arms

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 23, 2026

Trying to go up against the government It's just... unless the whole country did it, I guess Now you listen to me... Just enough water for a third of the world Oil barons running the government So I'll start a war All votes invalid, use any old lie Gonna carve up your wealth like pumpkin pie Only fools won't realise, you won't be told That empires run on the old black gold It's a global abrasion It's conflagration United Nations It's a total invasion Terrify them, complete submission This is our goal, this is our mission Destroy your customs, you'll have no say We'll clothe your women in the western way It's a crusade A lesson in trade So all you intellectuals We're gonna invade It's a global abrasion It's conflagration United Nations It's a total invasion It's a total invasion Mexico City 24 million people Half a litre of water a day The final push, the last battle Even restored? Man is cattle We want your oil, we want your land We'll take your wealth, you'll have much less We'll change your God to the bitch Goddess It's a global abrasion It's conflagration United Nations It's a total invasion It's a global abrasion It's conflagration United Nations It's a total invasion

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 23, 2026

And the third angel sounded And a star fell from heaven Burning as it were a lamp And it fell upon the third part of the waters Asteroid I'm a ball of fire A fire from heaven Terror from nowhere You'll never shoot me down Days turns to minutes Five seconds till it hits us Three seconds to ground One second to … Asteroid Asteroid Coming in from the void On the bed of the ocean Where history lies Strange civilisations Vaporised Days turns to minutes Five seconds till it hits us Three seconds to ground One second to … Asteroid Asteroid Coming in from the void I-N-R-I Nature renewed by fire, made whole And I climb to the mountain Light to dark Behind time and space A hole in your Ark Days turns to minutes Five seconds till it hits us Three seconds to ground One second to … Asteroid Asteroid Asteroid (I'm a ball of fire, A fire from heaven) Asteroid Coming in from the void I'm a ball of fire A fire from heaven Terror from nowhere You'll never shoot me down Asteroid Never shoot me down

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 23, 2026

Silent weapons for a quiet war Under my skin, getting under my skin All systems go Security clause, passing of laws Reality Silence in the air, silence in the air Acceptance Information from birth, animals are first Then man Silent weapons for a quiet war ID not free for me You can't escape Implant Implant to the next step You don't want to protect, you just want to fucking control Know my DNA, know my DNA My structure Know the movements of my day Know the movements of my day and haunts Hypnotise, hypnotise Acclimatise Fingers in control, fingers in control Watch the high beam Silent weapons for a quiet war ID not free for me You can't escape Implant Everything is under control Deep below the ground Deep below the ground Blasphemies Deep below the ground Deep below the ground Hybrids Hypnotise, hypnotise Acclimatise Hypnotise, hypnotise Acclimatise Silent weapons for a quiet war ID not free for me You can't escape Implant Tear up your ID cards and stick your implant up your ass You just want to fucking control

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 23, 2026

When the summer fails us And the rain, it rains so hard, oh When the rivers overflow And a waves runs over Prague, oh Poison the waters so That only GM crops grow Five corporations Earn more than forty-six nations You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands Corruption at the highest levels Man-made hell and a man-made devil You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands Behind a coat of arms The jewels of gilded lies glow Know the crown prepare the sacrifice And she prepares to die, oh Radiant and beautiful She's taken in her prime, oh Oh executioner Atone for all your crimes now Send horrors through your soul And when it happens then you'll know Send horrors through your soul And when it happens then you'll know Five corporations Earn more than forty-six nations You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands Corruption at the highest levels Man-made hell and a man-made devil You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands Rulers seek fossil fuel As the poor still eat their stools, oh And watch the thunder flash Unleashed for oil and gas, oh Send horrors through your soul And when it happens then you'll know Send horrors through your soul And when it happens then you'll know Five corporations Earn more than forty-six nations You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands Corruption at the highest levels Man-made hell and a man-made devil You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands Jacques de Molay turns in his grave As Cecil Rhodes rides out again You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 23, 2026

This is the way, reprogrammed This is the way, unload This is the way, play my drum This is the stick, download This is the day, take orders This is the life, don't comply This is the end of nations' borders These are the fears I'm trying to hide (Oh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Oooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Ooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Oooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Bang, bang, bang) This is the day the sky turned green This is the day I saw in my dream These are the fears I'm trying to hide These are the tears trapped inside I'm an urban animal Still a primitive man I'm an urban animal One step from a cannibal (Oh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Oooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Ooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Oooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Ooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Oooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Ooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Bang, bang, bang) (Oh, oh, oh, oh) (Oh, oh, oh-o-o-o-oh) I'm an urban animal One step from a cannibal I'm an urban animal One step from a cannibal (Oh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Oooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Ooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Oooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Ooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Oooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Ooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Oooh) I'm a loose cannon, I'm a loose cannon (Bang, bang, bang) (Oh, oh, oh, o-o-o-o-o-oh)

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 23, 2026

Oh! Sea of hurt, I feel the waves of pain And now the tides come in again I'm caught in a vicious cycle of despair Give me the courage to face another day Oh! Oh, sing a song of joy Sweet childhood, never desert me Time for celebration, oh! Overcome with a sense of elation I'll never let you get to me Survival is my victory Time for celebration, oh! Overcome with a sense of elation I sighed in silence - I was mourning I said sorry a thousand times I cried aloud to God for all my failings But God seemed deaf as well as blind Oh! Oh, sing a song of joy Sweet childhood, never desert me Time for celebration, oh! Overcome with a sense of elation I'll never let you get to me Survival is my victory Time for celebration, oh! Overcome with a sense of elation We drank and smoked and talked until the dawn We shared our problems and our food Telling tales of courage and resolution Through all the hardships we'd endured Oh! Oh, sing a song of joy Sweet childhood, never desert me Time for celebration, oh! Overcome with a sense of elation I'll never let you get to me Survival is my victory Time for celebration, oh! Overcome with a sense of elation

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 23, 2026

They're dropping bombs again And they're doing it in your name All the rational commentaries In the papers that I read Marmalade and buttered toast And a smell of Sunday roast Kiss the arse of Uncle Sam Oh, to be an Englishman When you hear the sound of warning When the only colour is red, red, red, red When you hear the sound of warning When the only colour is Red sky in the morning Everywhere I'm seeing Red, red, red, red Red, red, red, red Dawn brings a day of hell Hours that we pawn and sell A single magpie in the tree One for sorrow, one for me Kick it off the cliff I said Now the line fucks up my head Too late to change this mode Break all my moral codes When you hear the sound of warning When the only colour is red, red, red, red When you hear the sound of warning When the only colour is Red sky in the morning Everywhere I'm seeing Red, red, red, red Red, red, red, red Running from myself again And all I feel is shame It doesn't matter where I go Everywhere still looks the same This sense of emptiness As we create this mess Self-destructive tendencies Are what you mean to me When you hear the sound of warning When the only colour is red, red, red, red When you hear the sound of warning When the only colour is Red sky in the morning Everywhere I'm seeing Red, red, red, red Red, red, red, red

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 23, 2026

You'll need a bit of holy water And a little bit of knowledge Invocation To your holy guardian angel The great evil around God gave man dominion Over fowls of the air and the fish of the sea Justification Of desecration Who wrote this madness? Get up, wake up Someone's taking you for a ride Get up, wake up Dark forces They're printing up money That doesn't exist Then watch the wealthy As they cash their chips Economy's failed, start a war machine Devoid of moral cause As we witness the end Of international laws Get up, wake up Someone's taking you for a ride Get up, wake up Dark forces I'm an inside man Of the serpent clan 33 degrees I'll do as I please Power for power's sake A personal treasure trove And two weeks off In bohemian grove You wanna come? All the banking houses That buy and sell (They'd sell their own mother) Just eat shit and die Like everyone else Get up, wake up Someone's taking you for a ride Get up, wake up Dark forces Get up, wake up Someone's taking you for a ride Get up, wake up Dark forces

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 23, 2026

My faith (faith) and my love But howl, howl, howl, the pain My faith (faith) and my blood Oh why, why, wild insane My faith (faith) and my people We'll howl, howl, howl, the pain My faith (faith) and my freedom I'll never let it go again Not anymore, I must let go And when I finally reach the point of no return I must let go because I know I'm manic, I'm manic, I'm manic, so And when you need catharsis (yes) Because it's how you're made, you know (yes) And when you need absolving (yes) Don't ask how, but come into my house Of pain My faith (faith) and my love But howl, howl, howl, the pain My faith (faith), yes my own will Oh, see me through this pain My faith (faith) in my blood And flow right through my vein My faith (faith), no reason I'll never be the same Not anymore, I must let go And when I finally reach the point of no return I must let go because I know I'm manic, I'm manic, I'm manic, so And when you need catharsis (yes) Because it's how you're made, you know (yes) And when you need absolving (yes) Don't ask how, but come into my house Of pain My faith (faith) and my love But howl, howl, howl, the pain My faith (faith) and my freedom I'll never let it go again Not anymore, I must let go And when I finally reach the point of no return I must let go because I know I'm manic, I'm manic, I'm manic, so And when you need catharsis (yes) Because it's how you're made, you know (yes) And when you need absolving (yes) Don't ask how, but come into my house Of pain And when you need catharsis (yes) Because it's how you're made, you know (yes) And when you need absolving (yes) Don't ask how, but come into my house Of pain

Submitted by johnmansley — Feb 23, 2026