Great Acceleration

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
 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
 And then a great acceleration
 A beating of the drum
 The awful recognition
 Of all you have become
 All you have become