It was in my sights, I scaled the heights and still I wanted more!
And the crowd all nod their heads as I bestow.
And their looks are kind as they bear in mind all the shame that's gone before,
So down your beer and raise a cheer for Year Zero.

These conquered people I deplore, these spoils of war
Who tell me that the situation's unacceptable.
My plan, colossal in its scope, I only hope
I'll never see the situation out of my control in Year Zero.

I tighten up my stranglehold. My herd are told:
“Currently the situation's unacceptable.”
Let them hate me as long as they respect my way!
Although I fear the situation's out of my control in Year Zero.

It was in my sights, I scaled the heights and still I wanted more!
And the crowd all nod their heads as I bestow.
And their looks are kind as they bear in mind all the shame that's gone before,
So down your beer and raise a cheer for Year Zero.

Leaders strolling in red satin,
Soldiers screaming in Pig Latin,
Always looking for a nation to flatten.

Fear our patience wearing thinner!
We shall take you saint or sinner!
Throw your lot in with us, you'll be a winner!

There's a hate symbol carved on a gravestone.
Emblems of decay unite as one.
And cries of “Fight!” in a children's playground,
Did I really see romance once in war?

My inner circle hatch a plot to have me shot,
So currently the situation's unacceptable.
So short of friends and of allies, I set my spies,
Who tell me that the situation's out of my control in Year Zero.

I possessed it all and I had to fall – it's the way it's meant to be!
And the crowd will shake their heads and turn to go.
Though my time is spent, now I've cemented a place in history,
So sup your beer and shed a tear for Year Zero.

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