was there ever a time when everything turned out right,
when we didn't have to fight for every breath?
was there ever a time when we didn't feel this way,
when life didn't just mean hanging on day to day?
was there ever a place where we were really safe,
or was it all just the ignorance of youth?
when you gonna realize?
when you gonna realize what you gotta do?
when you gonna realize it ain't about you?
when you gonna realize?
was there ever a world that really cared for us,
or were we just too blind to see the truth?
was there ever a song that really meant something,
or did we sing just because we felt alone?
how can we fight for justice, fight for love, fight for peace
when we're so full of despair?
when you gonna realize?
when you gonna realize what you gotta do?
when you gonna realize it ain't about you?
when you gonna realize?
love is not a plaything for the rich and powerful
and hate, well you taught us to hate, we never had a choice at all
born into a system of
institutionalized greed
but it's just another effect,
a product of your social policies
blind to what is false and what is true
the smiling faces on TV, they don't know what to do
when you gonna realize
that every one of us down here is just like you
the halls of power echo with the adman's brittle laugh
our poetry corrupted by accountants selling "truth"
when you gonna realize
that every tear, each drop of blood, every bead of sweat is not enough
to fill the emptiness, these cities of your ruin
the burden of our knowledge gained but wisdom lost, our history dead
our institutions crumble more each day
when you gonna realize
the flood is coming, the water's rising,
no saviours this time, we must make our own love
when you gonna realize what you've gotta do?
when you gonna realize it ain't about you?
a million people in the same position
a billion people, and all of them wishing
that they could be you, but it's easy to be free
when you're part of the problem, just a leaf on the tree
while we're being punished
for accepting a fate we don't want to begin with
we never asked to be part of this
I don't want to be part of this
we never asked to be part of this
i refuse to be part of this
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