Little Snakes

Oh, what a typical story
 Contested site, the Americas
 With treaties broken, the same sad token
 Torn and repaired it with paraffin
 Disembodied heads
 Disembowel the Earth
 A monument of our arrogance
 A monolith of our bloated bunk, self-worth
 Disembodied heads
 Disembowel the Earth
 We marred the land with our leaders
 Eight eyes to watch "little snakes"
 Regal expressions for Native repression
 At rest, frozen on their face
 We can make an exception and they can make some concessions
 Because there's gold in the Black Hills
 Armed to the teeth, we can make an example of every one of these savages
 Because the rights they have, we gave to them
 And we can take 'em away without giving a damn
 Ain't that exactly how it is?
 And that's exactly what they did
 Oh, you don't think it's right?
 Well, that's exactly what they did
 What an impressive display
 Of complete dissolution
 Two fucking faces owned slaves
 One supplied the largest Aboriginal execution
 Once somebody said
 "I don't believe the only good Indians are dead
 But I believe that nine out of ten are"
 And so they took his head
 And carved his eyes into the Native mountainside
 We can make an exception and they can make some concessions
 Because there's gold in the Black Hills
 Armed to the teeth, we can make an example of every one of these savages
 Because the rights they have, we gave to them
 And we can take 'em away without giving a damn
 Oh yes, the rights they have, we gave to them
 And we can take 'em, take 'em, take 'em
 Take 'em away
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 Forgotten in the shadows cast by celebrated busts
 Lies the site depicting history's ignoble blood lust
 There might be flowers in the windows, but only ashes in the streets
 Impoverished and broken sings the songs of their defeat
 But it's your vacation, your holiday
 It's a reminder every story gets sculpted and decayed
 It's your vacation, your holiday
 You might feel cheated by its modesty
 Pack the car and drive away
 It's your vacation, your holiday
 It's your vacation, your holiday
 It's your vacation, your holiday
 It's your vacation, your holiday
 About face
 Enjoy the ride
 There's a different version of history carved in the mountain side
 Your mind's made up
 Your hands are tied
 But colonialism by all definitions is the father of the genocide