Kali Yuga Über Alles

Em
It's not by shunning darkness that you'll know light

Not holy fields of wood alive, of stone alive
Em
And up in the rooms of your barren house

You're reassembling language to keep realities out


[Verse 2]
Em
I know your credentials, and I know you'll tell

In this game of reeds, in the logic of the spell
Em
My burning attachment to contingencies

For who wills the end, may will the means


[Chorus]
Bm             C             Em
When it's only fools and firebrand (Kali yuga, uber alles)
Bm           C                     Em
The books of law in the arsonist's hands (Kali yuga, uber alles)
Bm             C                        Em
Pretend to know me, and I'll pretend to care (Kali yuga, uber alles)
Bm               C                   Em
And nothing lasts, that hesitates out there


[Verse 3]
Em
Time to collect the stones, and what our guards left behind

Stray out of being, and out of time
Em
I know your credentials, I know your tell

Embracing that death you know so well


[Chorus]
Bm             C             Em
When it's only fools and firebrand (Kali yuga, uber alles)
Bm           C                     Em
The books of law in the arsonist's hands (Kali yuga, uber alles)
Bm             C                        Em
Pretend to know me, and I'll pretend to care (Kali yuga, uber alles)
Bm               C                   Em
And nothing lasts, that hesitates out there
Bm             C             Em
When it's only fools and firebrand (Kali yuga, uber alles)
Bm           C                     Em
The books of law in the arsonist's hands (Kali yuga, uber alles)
Bm             C                        Em
Pretend to know me, and I'll pretend to care (Kali yuga, uber alles)
Bm               C                   Em
And nothing lasts, that hesitates out there


[Spoken Finnish]
Bm
Jätän sinut kaaokseesi
C
Joka ei ole enää osani
Em
Sillä olen myrskyn silmässä

Olen sen elävä keskus
Em
Olen muinainen järjestys

Ja mikä on Kaaosta on minulle toisarvoista
Em
Sen maailman riekaleita