New Model Army - Ballad Lyrics
SullivanWhen they look back at us and they write down their historyWhat will they say about our generation?We're the ones who knew everything still we did nothingHarvested everything, planted nothingWell we live pretty well in the wake of the goldrushFloating in comfort on waves of our apathyQuietly knowing away at Her bodyUnte we motgage the future, bury our childrenStorehouses full with the fruits we've been givenWe send off the scragends to succle the starvingBut still we can't feed this strang hunger insideGreedy, restless and unsatisfiedI was never much one for the great "big bang" theoryGoing out in a blaze of suicidal gloryNot foolish and brave, these leaders of oursJust stupid and petty, unworthy of power...Just a little leak here and a small error thereAnother square mile poisoned foreverA series of sad and pathetic little fizzlesAnd out go the lights, never to returnThe affair it is over, the passion is deadShe stares at us now with the ice in Her eyesBut we turn away from these bitter reproachesAnd take up distractions to forget what we're doingWell I stand on these hills and I watch Her at nightA thousand square miles, a million orange lightsWounded and scared, She lies silent in painRaped and betrayed in the cold acid rainAnd I wish and I wishWe could start over againYes I wish and I wishWe could win back Her love once again
