not many people saw it how they syphoned off the riches how they covered for each other how they scratched each others itches how they took all they could carry as much as they desired not a single shot was fired they auctioned off the sunsets the beaches and the waves the mountaintops and forests what sweetheart deals they gave to themselves and all their buddies went the jewels of the empire not a single shot was fired they owned the tv stations the radio and print they controlled what people knew and what the people didnt they packed the boards and ministries turned up the amplifier and not a single shot was fired they preyed on peoples goodness upon their trusting hearts they dismantled progress and then sold it off for parts they spoke the kind of doubletalk goebbels would admire and not a single shot was fired they demonized whole races they made the people scared and all the while from trumpets patriotic music blared it could never happen here says the holocaust denier not a single shot was fired they often mention jesus and sometimes thomas payne this is the age of treason they toast it with champagne and behind the iron curtain its all been secretly rewired not a single shot was fired cameras and checkpoints and you have to show your papers the armor and the riot gear make robbing people safer just who is all that ammo for and all of that barbed wire not a single shot was fired old glory she still flies above the courthouse and the dome the super bowl still happens just like it did in rome their ads appear on everything like the flags of an occupier and not a single shot was fired not many people saw it the rest they wont believe they look at you like youre crazy like its you whos been deceived theyre bullying the angels for not singing with the choir not a single shot was fired