Fiat Fire – English Lyrics

• By: Tay Zonday

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Tay Zonday's thought-provoking song "Fiat Fire" and unlock its profound message about the hidden environmental costs of our global economy. This track offers a unique linguistic journey, as Zonday's distinctive vocal style and direct, impactful lyrics provide a clear, accessible way to engage with complex themes of economics, colonialism, and environmentalism in English. Experience how music can be a powerful tool for social commentary and expand your vocabulary on crucial contemporary issues.

[English]

Did you know the money you spend 

destroys the environment? Let me explain  

First take existing prejudices Add centuries of plunder and grift 

Call it colonialism Pretend you stop by granting freedom

The poor you leave need society No one accepts their currency 

You offer to loan them money If your businesses can run free

Your businesses enrich a few thugs Or dirty leaders who are corrupt 

They scam their folks with austerity Low wages in their bad currency

Meanwhile back home you close your factories You send your people’s jobs overseas 

So everything gets made far away Wastes energy to find a cheap wage

Fiat Fire, Fiat Fire Spend a dollar euro pound and you're burning the Earth

Fiat Fire, Fiat Fire You'll never save the world if you don't know the truth

Fiat Fire, Fiat Fire Spend a dollar euro pound and you're burning the Earth

Fiat Fire, Fiat Fire You'll never save the world if you don't know the truth

Fiat Fire You Are Required 

To help the apocalypse for your survival

Help the apocalypse for your survival Help the apocalypse for your survival

Fiat Fire You Are Required 

To help the apocalypse for your survival

Help The apocalypse for your survival Help the apocalypse for your survival

You force your currency everywhere Then blame the losers for their despair 

Your citizens who struggle for work Cause they compete with currency serfs

Meanwhile the global economy Wastes carbon for fake prosperity 

From minerals to factory floors To everything we buy at the store

To hide your crimes against the species You bastardize financial theory 

The Ivy League buys your distortion From Adam Smith to Milton Friedman

You hoodwink people so they believe Your precedents give them agency 

They slay and slander your enemies While you control the chains they don’t see

Fiat Fire, Fiat Fire Spend a dollar euro pound and you're burning the Earth

Fiat Fire, Fiat Fire You'll never save the world if you don't know the truth

Fiat Fire, Fiat Fire Spend a dollar euro pound and you're burning the Earth

Fiat Fire, Fiat Fire You'll never save the world if you don't know the truth

That’s right, the fiat money you  spend destroys the environment

What's in your wallet?