**Rock Is Dead**
The preacher on the television
Selling fear in neon light
Another faded revolution
Trying hard to stay alive
You said the truth would disappear
That every empire cracks with time
Now the amplifiers are screaming
But nobody hears the rhyme
Christianity will vanish
Shrink into the dust of years
You said rock and roll would outlive it
Now both are drowning in their fears
Jesus was all right, maybe
But the crowd just twists the flame
Every saint becomes a product
Every rebel does the same
Oh yeah, rock is dead
Long live hip hop
Buried underneath the vinyl
And the ghosts of boys
The back catalogue keeps feeding
On the corpse it left behind
And now you know it gets you nowhere
Now you know you've gone blind
Oh Yeah, rock is dead
It just gave up
We raise the dead with old nostalgia
But they don't stand up
The emperor has no jacket
And his skin is peeling thin
Every facelift cracked in public
Every anthem fading dim
The radios are poisoned
Static crawling through the halls
Every revolution sponsored
Every outlaw starts to fall
One last line across the mirror
One more stadium goodbye
Everybody wants forever
But everything was born to die
Oh no, rock is dead
Long live the beat
Hip hop rising from the ruins
With bleeding feet
One final shot to numb the silence
One more king without a crown
Another god of youth collapsing
As the curtains tumble down
He left this message for us
Scratched in feedback and decay
All your idols turn to ashes
All your kingdoms fade away
He left this message for us
In the magazines and scars
You can crucify the dreamers
But you can't revive the stars
Oh no, rock is dead
Long live hip hop
Another generation dancing
While the prophets die
And now you know you've gotta face it
Every movement turns to dust
The microphones are rusting over
And the crowd has lost its trust
He left this message for us
He left this message for us
He left this message for us.
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