Cauterized - Media Blackout

All I believe is nothing
hosed down with an ice cold stream of lies
I try to stand and take it
bite down on the taste of bile

I just want you to know I know
it's all bullshit, it's all made up
play the tune of powercrats
the flute is news, and we're the rats

embedding reporters with the troops on the front
implanting lies, in the stories you dream up

weave together a construct of half truths, misquotes, and outright lies
tear apart reality, then rebuild it before our eyes

I've blacked out the media
see no lies, hear no one die
the myth of free press shattered
distort for profit, bottom line

no one bothers to cover,
the death of truth, assassinated
failed to serve your purpose
erased replaced, new name and face

gunned down truth in plain sight
the whole world sees, yet no one screams
the masses know, but care? we don't
we'd rather live the media dream