Early one morning as the sun began to rise,
smoke came running down the hill,
children screaming loud
Tell us now, tell us now
what part of us they’re burning
Our nature already torn to the ground
Tell us now, tell us now
what part of us they’re struggling with
Free we are, so they say
while stuffing our char down the drain
the concept goes;
No one is free
until we all are
Early one afternoon as the wind came flooding in,
chances big and small,
made youth wake up again
Tell us now, tell us now
what part of us they want to fit
Our wishes already put to sleep
Tell us now, tell us now
what part of us needs alteration
To match the standard of good behaviour
Well, norm-ally we would think twice baby
it ain’t alright the way it is
Later one evening as the clouds began to merge,
golden rain came pouring down,
grown ups use fancy words
Tell us now, tell us now
what part of us they’re buying
Our souls already sold to the money industry
Tell us now, tell us now
what part of the world they’re censoring
melodies of a moaning mass and the sound of the market
crashing into, crashing on our couches
we lay with things and with time
until both slip out of ours pockets
after they creeped around for a while
Late that night the old oak tree firmly stood placed,
while outside the whole shit-show,
washed away
I’ll tell you now, tell you now
what part of you is truly yours
Flat on your backs, stripped down, singularity
I’ll tell you now, tell you now
what part of all this truly matters
Glitter big and bigger glam
make man not wise, nor happier
You all went from
mammal to monkey
from monkey to man