Candidate lyrics - Bad Religion

As I walk along this road paved with human kindness

I can never forget the price you've paid

I'm an actor on a role an artificial virus

I'm your daddy I'm your disgrace

I say kid just move along we don't want it - don't need it

Your politics just breed despair

I salute an empty flag of ancient tribalism

And trust me nobody cares

For I am your candidate

I am bloody lips and makeup

I'm your caliphate

Opioids and mutilation

A celebrity

And my name is competition

I've come to bear your pain

And I can make it go away, I'll make it go away, I'll make it go away

Believers dupes and clowns

I want you all to gather 'round

To glorify ignorance and fear

I dispense misinformation

To a post-truth generation

My darlings don't shed a tear

For I am your candidate

I am bloody lips and makeup

I'm your caliphate

Opioids and revelation

An hermaphrodite

In restrooms and service stations

I truly feel your pain

And I can make it go away, I'll make it go away, I'll make it go away