[Verse 1]
Before the darkness took its hold
There were thinkers, stories told
Anti-Enlightenment they preached
Reason's limits they believed reached
Romantic nationalism grew
Blood and soil, not logic true
Social Darwin in their minds
Survival of the strongest kinds
[Chorus]
Pre-fascist roots run deep below
Nietzsche twisted, Sorel's show
Pareto's elites control the game
Ideas warped to fuel the flame
Anti-reason, nation's call
Elite theories standing tall
Seeds of hatred start to grow
From the thinkers down below
[Verse 2]
Friedrich spoke of superman
But fascists twisted his whole plan
Will to power they distorted
Übermensch they misreported
Not the master race he meant
But self-overcoming sent
They took his words and made them lies
To justify their genocide
[Chorus]
Pre-fascist roots run deep below
Nietzsche twisted, Sorel's show
Pareto's elites control the game
Ideas warped to fuel the flame
Anti-reason, nation's call
Elite theories standing tall
Seeds of hatred start to grow
From the thinkers down below
[Verse 3]
Georges Sorel brought the myth
Revolutionary fire with
Violence as a cleansing force
Mobilizing masses' course
Syndicalism mixed with rage
Setting up the fascist stage
Myth and action over thought
This is what Sorel taught
[Bridge]
Pareto saw the ruling few
Circulation theory true
Elites will always find their way
Masses follow and obey
Lions and foxes at the top
Democratic dreams they stop
Iron law of who holds power
Prepared fascism's dark hour
[Chorus]
Pre-fascist roots run deep below
Nietzsche twisted, Sorel's show
Pareto's elites control the game
Ideas warped to fuel the flame
Anti-reason, nation's call
Elite theories standing tall
Seeds of hatred start to grow
From the thinkers down below
[Outro]
Understanding where it starts
How it captures minds and hearts
Intellectual history shows
How the poisonous thinking grows
Learn the patterns, know the signs
Don't repeat these dark designs