I’m doing my best to communicate these ideas to you
express my fears to you in a way that quite honestly should take years to do
but here I am. Trying to get it across in five minutes
like five lyrics will suddenly silence these sly cynics
but still I go
cos I know that if I succeed
my single track could have more impact
than a stack of books you’ll never read or
maybe you will
you’ll take the red pill
maybe this song will inspire you
to go even deeper still
and when you do
and the truth is laid out before you
in all it’s glory
don’t be surprised when they ignore you
cos facts are not enough to distract this wolf pack from cutbacks
to services we already lack
so take back the power now is the hour
if we allow another minute they’ll devour the world with us in it
there’s no limit to their greed it’s infinite unlike the planet
so dammit you’d better panic
CHORUS
and you say that I'm a dreamer
my eyes are wide open to reality
I'm done waiting for a leader
this time it’s up to you and me
yeah I'm a believer
and I know we can handle this calamity
but only if we take the time to dream
now I'm a child of the 1980’s
iron lady, nestle babies
terrified nuclear bombs would annihilate me
and i’ve been learning lately how the era that made me
also marked the beginning of a shift in power that affects us daily
but now it’s failing
and the edifice is falling
and we don’t have much time left to heed the warning, so I keep recording
I keep repeating all these worthwhile new ideas I’m meeting
trying to see a future past the weekend
We sow these suicidal seeds
and yet our kids will do the reaping
Sold out a generation in the name of keeping it
cheap and cheerful
keep em fearful
hooked on credit, so they don’t regret it,
start forgetting what they’re here for
You’re here to service the machine
and as long as we keep spending they keep lending
just to keep alive the dream until this
whole murderous scheme just bursts at the seams
I hate to say it but it’s worse than it seems
well you say
CHORUS
We need to learn from the past
not yearn for the past
No matter if you’re a believer in the markets
or a reader of Marx
Cos we’re not dealing the cards
the hand’s down
and this is hands down
the most blinkered way of thinking since Bill Clinton took his pants down
a man’s sound is way more mighty than his sword
so when you’re fighting to be heard and getting tired
of always being ignored
You need to join your voice together with the chorus
cos when voices are united there’s no way they can ignore us
and I'm sure as long as I can hold a tune
well I’ll be fighting on the front lines and shooting for the moon
and I’m certain that a change is coming soon
and what it is well that’s up to you
