Year Zero - Momus

People from the countryside kill people from the city

People who are ugly kill people who are pretty

People who are puritans slay the permissive

And people who are retrograde cut down the progressive

Stickers-up for foreigners kill stickers to their own

Liars kill the nitpickers who like to moan

The poor read the graffiti, rise up and eat the rich

And Little Goody Twoshoes is feeling sick

And the ones who say the emperor is naked slaughter those

Who swear by all that’s holy that he must be wearing clothes

And someone told me yesterday year zero’s on the way

And all is quiet at the end of the day

The frigid have arrived to kill the masturbators

Punctual people punctually kill procrastinators

So-called Christians murder so-called Muslims day and night

And black people are killed for failing to be white

The boring kill the interesting and then get very bored

Insomniacs slyly stifle everyone who snores

Invalids crush the able-bodied with their Zimmer frames

And people with no past kill people with no name

Invaded people everywhere are invading their invaders

And no-one feels the benefits except the arms traders

And one is heard very philosophically to say:

«At least all is quiet at the end of the day»

Warmongers kill the peaceful, to be killed in return

When the peaceful come in the early hours to burn their houses down

Tracksuit types kill pitbull dykes and old philanthropists

Free market evangelists kill kindly socialists

Scandinavian vegans kill British bully beef

Everyone called Simon kills everyone called Keith

The blind slaughter the sighted and the slighted slash the blind

The Buddhists kill everyone who comes to mind

The people in the cafes kill the people in the bars

Saxophonists weep and strangle creeps who play guitars

And when you ask Siri why, Siri simply says:

«At least all is quiet at the end of the day»

And the ones who say the emperor is naked slaughter those

Who swear by all that’s holy that he must be wearing clothes

And someone told me yesterday year zero’s on the way

And all is quiet at the end of the day