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Artist: The Order Of The Fly
Canonical path: /the-order-of-the-fly/the-persistence-of-vermin
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The Persistence Of Vermin
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The Persistence Of Vermin
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Deep within the sewers in rivers of toxic waste
Relegated to the darkness, we wait and wait and wait
You've treated us like vermin, so vermin we've become
Mutating in the blackness, kept hidden from the sun
Look what you've created, vectors of viruses and plagues
We've been watching from the shadows, tracking every move you've made
So all you fascist thought-police and you banking overlords
We're gonna to overrun the streets with our pestilential hordes
You cannot hope to save yourself this time
We are the insects writhing just beneath the system's skin
No matter what it takes, we'll work our way inside
We'll drag you down with the persistence of vermin
Corporate cops in jackboots keep bashing in our brains
While central intelligence tries to give us crack and AIDS
But crush us all you want; for like rats, roaches, and flies
We'll be replaced by thousands for each and every one of us that dies
You cannot hope to save yourself this time
We are the insects writhing just beneath the system's skin
No matter what it takes, we'll work our way inside
We'll drag you down with the persistence of vermin
There's strength in numbers
There's strength in numbers
There's strength in numbers
And nothing can stop us
There's strength in numbers
There's strength in numbers
There's strength in numbers
And nothing can stop us now
There's strength in numbers
There's strength in numbers
There's strength in numbers
And nothing can stop us
You cannot hope to save yourself this time
We are the insects writhing just beneath the system's skin
No matter what it takes, we'll work our way inside
We'll drag you down with the persistence of vermin
We are the rat
We are the insect
We are the cockroach
We are a plague of flies
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