Ashes in the Fall

[Zack de la Rocha]<br>A mass of hands press on the market window<br>Ghosts of progress dressed in slow death<br>Feeding on hunger and glaring through the promise<br>Upon the food that rots slowly in the aisle<br>A mass of nameless, at the oasis<br>That hides the graves beneath the master`s hill<br>Are buried for drinking, the rivers water while<br>Shackled to the the line at the empty well<br><br>[Hook]<br>This is the new sound, just like the old sound<br>Just like the noose wound, over the new ground<br>This is the new sound, just like the old sound<br>Just like the noose wound, over new ground<br><br>Listen to the facist sing<br>"Take hope here, war is elsewhere<br>You were chosen, this is God`s land<br>Soon we`ll be free of blot and mixture<br>Seeds planted by our Forefathers` hand"<br><br>A mass of promises begin to rupture<br>Like the pockets Of the new world kings<br>Like swollen stomachs In Appalachia<br>Like the priest that fucked you as he whispered holy things<br>A mass of tears have, transform the stones now<br>Sharpened on suffering and woven into the slings<br>Hope lies in the rubble of this rich fortress<br>Taking today what tomorrow never brings<br><br>[Hook]<br>This is the new sound, just like the old sound<br>Just like the noose wound, over new ground<br>This is the new sound, just like the old sound<br>Just like the noose wound, over the new ground<br><br>[*whispers*]<br>This is the new sound...just like the old sound..<br>Just like the noose wound...over the new ground..<br>Ain`t the new sound...just like the old sound..<br>Look at the noose now...over the, over the, over the burning ground!<br><br>AIN`T IT FUNNY HOW THE FACTORY DOORS CLOSE<br>`ROUND THE TIME THAT THE SCHOOL DOORS CLOSE<br>`ROUND THE TIME THAT THE DOORS OF THE JAIL CELLS<br>OPEN UP TO GREET YOU...JUST LIKE THE REAPER!!<br>AIN`T IT FUNNY HOW THE FACTORY DOORS CLOSE<br>`ROUND THE TIME THAT THE SCHOOL DOORS CLOSE<br>`ROUND THE TIME THAT A HUNDRED THOUSAND JAIL CELLS<br>OPEN UP TO GREET YOU... LIKE THE REAPER!!<br><br>[guitar riff]<br>Ah, Oh!<br>Ah, Oh!<br>OASIS..<br>THIS IS NO OASIS!!<br><br>[Hook]<br>This is the new sound, just like the old sound<br>Just like the noose wound, over the new ground<br>This is the new sound, just like the old sound<br>Just like the noose wound, over the new ground<br><br>[*whispers*]<br>Like ashes in the fall..<br>Like ashes in the fall..<br>Like ashes in the fall..<br>Like ashes in the fall..<br>Like ashes in the fall..<br>Like ashes in the fall..<br>Like ashes in the fall..<br>Like ashes in the fall..<br>Like ashes in the fall..<br>Like ashes in the fall..<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HA! HAA!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HO! HOO!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HA! HAA!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HO! HOO!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HA! HAA!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HO! HOO!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HA! HAA!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HO! HOO!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HA! HAA!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HO! HOO!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HA! HAA!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HO! HOO!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HA! HAA!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HO! HOO!!)<br>Like ashes in the fall... (HA! HAA!!)<br><br>[continues as fades]