(Im Geiste von Frank Zappa – satirisch, böse und absurd, mit deutschsprachigen Einsprengseln – aber Heavy Metal)
Intro
Ladies and Gentlemen!
Welcome to the civilized circus!
We got freedom on sale,
half price, today only —
democracy included,
batteries not required!
Strophe 1
We drop bombs for peace — (uh-huh)
We teach “human rights” with tanks.
We sell “values” by the ton,
wrapped in freedom-fragrance flanks.
Our moral’s made of stainless steel,
our empathy’s outsourced cheap,
and when the numbers start to squeal —
we count the dead in spreadsheets deep.
Refrain
🎶 Welcome to the Western Show! 🎶
Where the good guys always win!
With a smile and a logo,
we wash the blood right off the skin!
🎶 Welcome to the Western Show! 🎶
Civilized, sanitized, globalized —
and oh so human inside!
Strophe 2
Democracy’s a magic word,
a talisman for the dull.
We keep it shiny in the window —
empty, but beautiful.
The Souveränität’s on coffee break,
Herrschaft’s still in charge,
and Freedom’s busy doing ads
for Luxury Discharge™.
Bridge
In the vault of Pseudoreality,
no outside can exist.
The air is filtered,
the thoughts are screened,
and the news—comes pre-kissed.
But hey… at least the soundtrack’s good.
Refrain
🎶 Welcome to the Western Show! 🎶
With our zivilisierte Mission!
🎶 Exporting progress, importing guilt, 🎶
since Seventeen-Oh-One!
🎶 Welcome to the Western Show! 🎶
Where truth’s a brand,
and lies pay well —
Come buy your share of hell!
Strophe 3
We are the gardeners of the jungle,
trimming the minds that grow too wild.
We teach obedience through options,
and call it lifestyle choice, my child.
We love our mirrors, hate our shadows,
swipe left on what we fear.
Reality’s a canceled show —
but the re-run’s always near.
Outro
So scroll, dear citizen, scroll.
Keep calm, consume, repeat.
The empire hums a lullaby
in syncopated beat.
And if you wake up suddenly —
don’t ask who wrote the script.
Just smile…
you’re free —
within the trip.
—
Welcome… to the Western Show.