Relative Extrema

As truth burns in your lungs, denial's on your tongue Your sickened breath is spreading death as blood begins to run in the lies that feed on fear Our cries you'll never hear on the righteous quest to chase annihilation Said "That'll be the day, when they take me away!" But when they finally came, not a soul remained to speak for you So now you look away And hiding from the shame Of the coward you became to buy their silence... You know that distant fight is coming, gunfire ever closer Your neutrality protects you from their eyes only so long Do you take a stand, or do you fall in line another day Do you say just what they tell you you should say Until you're gone In a flash of camera's light Fell victory tonight is crystallized Our stricken eyes are mesmerized Your revolution came and your lives are still the same The fears you tried to hide erupt in violent rioting Ten thousand feet up, you may relish the drop Well, reaching the bottom won't arrest your fall