Legal Fiction

I built my palace on quicksand and silt
Using rubber struts and pillars of guilt
A red-tape door with a paperclip latch
Ok, I give up, now who’s got a match?

Then I staked my claim on a land mine field
Not much to look at, but a hell of a yield
The overhead’s low and profits sky-high!
So who cares if we’re bleeding the planet dry?

Yes, I’m a person by legal fiction
Your friendly global corporation
I was never elected
And never crowned
But I’m running the world
Running the world
Right into the ground

Look, I earn my keep peddling false hopes
Don’t ask how I sleep, man, it ain’t easy to cope
If you only knew about my panic attacks
What if those sheep want their fleeces back?

I paved my highway over a pile of rust
Using good intentions and misplaced trust
There’s only one exit, at the end of the line
Half a smile past the Abandon Hope sign

Oh, I’m a person by legal fiction
Your friendly global corporation
I was never elected
And never crowned
But I’m running the world
Running the world
Right into the ground

And these activists, they get in my way
What the hell are they protesting anyway?
Don’t they know how it goes, just pass the buck
We own the politicians, so best of luck!

Think you have problems? Check out this graph!
Those earnings ought to be good for a laugh
Look, the brokers deserve some dividends
To comfort them when the sky descends

For I’m a person by legal fiction
Your friendly global corporation
I was never elected
And never crowned
But I’m running the world
Running the world
Right into the ground