Bread and Circuses

Verse 1

They built arenas, grand and vast,

Chariots speeding, the die was cast.

Crowds would cheer, blood would spill,

Forgetting hunger, their hearts grew still.

Pre-Chorus

Feed them bread, let the wine flow,

Keep their minds from what they know.

Distract the soul, divide the pain,

And they’ll never rise again.

Chorus

Bread and circuses, keep them blind,

Golden statues, gods entwined.

A thousand cheers, a thousand lies,

Control the masses, watch them comply.

Verse 2

Laws were written, carved in stone,

Justice tilted, serving their throne.

A senate’s words, a soldier’s blade,

Kept the revolt in the shade.

Pre-Chorus

Feed them bread, let the wine flow,

Keep their minds from what they know.

Distract the soul, divide the pain,

And they’ll never rise again.

Chorus

Bread and circuses, keep them blind,

Golden statues, gods entwined.

A thousand cheers, a thousand lies,

Control the masses, watch them comply.

Bridge

Statues of Caesar, glories they claim,

Even the heavens echo his name.

But whispers rise in alleys low,

A spark of truth begins to grow.

Outro

Bread and circuses, a fleeting spell,

The truth is rising, time will tell.

But for now, their chains are gold,

The empire thrives, the lie takes hold.