"There's a time in life for Hoagy Carmichael. There's a time in life for Claude Debussy. There's a time in life for Jerry Lee Lewis. There's a time in life for Destiny's Child. All these things have their moment." ~Elvis Costello
We say that’s not who we are but it is Injustice rising, de-civilising We say that’s not who we are but it is Our collective conscience Is proven nonsense every minute of the day
I’ve watched these years of decline Now I’m an old man I’d like to say things would get better I don’t think that I can
We say that’s not who we are but it is When did we decide to aid a genocide? We say that’s not who we are but it is Causing hunger Following warmongers to the deepest pits of Hell
We talk of barbarism Like we left it in the past While we elect malignant scoundrels Each one as bad as the last
We lecture others on morality While wi’ the de’il we sup We say we face down terror Just hold a mirror up
Well, we say that’s not who we are but it is Injustice rising, de-civilising We say that’s not who we are but it is Our collective conscience Is proven nonsense every minute of the day Nonsense every minute of the day