Story Behind the Song
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Lyrics
To go out like vous - yesterday's news
Go out like blue platform shoes
Choose to go out like that
A familiar, awful scene
Self-fulfilling prophecy
I won't buy it
Never, ever - then or now
Regrettably, we stand and watch and wait for the promised land
Our fountain of youth will never blossom
Meanwhile, the soft underbellies have been slit
And we're left for dead - so fight instead
I stop to tell myself
black and white aren't the only ways to see
I hesitate to tell myself it's true
They do not own us
We do not owe them (anything)
Understandably, our disbelief has caught up with us
A once-bright vision is now lightless and empty
Of course we're angry, of course we're afraid
And on-course we are to total self-destruction
them:
[What if they found out the basis of all religion? We must keep a lid on this. To control agriculture, monetary systems, fuel, and communications. Or we'll have to establish a police state to keep them at bay.]
And you can count, on one hand, the number of us who can burn the crown
-And you can count on one hand holding all of us down, underground
Read between the lines
We will decide for you.
Just one hand holds all of us down.
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