Welcome to the holy city a silver screen Built with the lens and a low self esteem A teenagers plea for meaning and means Were selling the news See opinions are easier to swallow than facts The grays instead of the whites and the blacks If you shoot it too straight they wont come back Were selling the news See money speaks volumes louder than words And virtues with wings maybe not quite at first But their salaries are paying for the ad not the verbs Were selling the news See all men are equal all is for sale The powerful dog has been chasing his tail The lowest common denominator prevails Were selling the news
I want to believe you I want to believe but everything is in between The fact is fiction The fact is fiction I want to believe you I want to believe but everything is in between The fact is fiction Suspicion is a new religion
America listens the story is told Of our aim on truth the story unfolds The ratings determine the story was sold Were selling the news Begging the question longer in fear Poking the eyes and tickling ears It's seldom just as it appears Were selling the news
I can see your darkened heads On the television set On the internet it's said The fact is fiction Suspicion is a new religion
Substance oh substance where have you been You've been replaced by the masters of spin You make good looking books and write mystery in Were selling the news The lines start to blur I get so confused I get shiny new models mixed up with the blues I get binary code mixed up with abuse The facts are simply one option to choose When nothing is sacred there's nothing to lose When nothing is sacred all is consumed Were still on the air it must be the truth Were selling the news