Great Acceleration Lyrics - Grant Lee Phillips

Tyranny steps lightly 

One foot before the next 

You never hear the marching 

Till it coming up the steps 

The temporary measures 

Of a nation in distress 

A choice between two evils 

One of duty or regret 

Tyranny advances 

Like the darkening of night 

When it is for the greater good 

You don't put up a fight 

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If blind to the beginnings 

You cannot see the end 

This is the nearsightedness 

Of ordinary men 

And then a great acceleration 

A beating of the drum 

The awful recognition 

Of all you have become 

Tyranny speaks calmly 

As it offers up a deal 

Even as it presses you 

Underneath its heel 

A temporary measure 

Do you wonder what it meant 

What you have surrendered to 

Without dissent 

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And then a great acceleration 

A beating of the drum 

The awful recognition 

Of all you have become 

All you have become