Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day
I know I'm a reckless piece of work
I don't want to hate the world
Why don't you help me
But as groceries leave our shopping carts
The landlord's just increased our rent
Why won't you save me
With every hospital privatized
I don't deserve heart I have
The hell does that mean?
As the world we've built with our very hands
Is bought and owned by our oligarchs
Why don't you save me
But we're just happy enough
To let it simply pass us by to let our leaders rob us blind
The time will come soon enough
When we're done looking for scraps until the goddamn day I die
Through cameras and microphones
They've stolen what's left of privacy
Because now we're products
When everything they advertise
Just brings me pain to recognize
The time we've wasted
When every day just feels the same
And they expect us all avert our eyes
To what we're missing
That goddamn smirk is everywhere
We've let it into our own homes
And now it's listening
But we're just happy enough
To see the housing prices rise, to watch all our wells run dry
The time will come soon enough
When we're done looking for scraps, when nothing else exists
Sit down, I've no idea what's happened, don't fear the ruins we've made
Breathe in, and feel the sands of our time, Rome wasn't burnt in a day
What brings me this far to fantasize
Is this world I just can't recognize
Myself in
Where the streets are filled with selfish cars
And the air's just barely safe to breathe
What do I do
Where the sky just pumps down acid rain
And the tides climb higher every year
What do I do
When everything just falls apart
For a man that barely has a heart
What do I do
I don't want to hate the world
Why don't you help me
But as groceries leave our shopping carts
The landlord's just increased our rent
Why won't you save me
With every hospital privatized
I don't deserve heart I have
The hell does that mean?
As the world we've built with our very hands
Is bought and owned by our oligarchs
Why don't you save me
But we're just happy enough
To let it simply pass us by to let our leaders rob us blind
The time will come soon enough
When we're done looking for scraps until the goddamn day I die
Through cameras and microphones
They've stolen what's left of privacy
Because now we're products
When everything they advertise
Just brings me pain to recognize
The time we've wasted
When every day just feels the same
And they expect us all avert our eyes
To what we're missing
That goddamn smirk is everywhere
We've let it into our own homes
And now it's listening
But we're just happy enough
To see the housing prices rise, to watch all our wells run dry
The time will come soon enough
When we're done looking for scraps, when nothing else exists
Sit down, I've no idea what's happened, don't fear the ruins we've made
Breathe in, and feel the sands of our time, Rome wasn't burnt in a day
What brings me this far to fantasize
Is this world I just can't recognize
Myself in
Where the streets are filled with selfish cars
And the air's just barely safe to breathe
What do I do
Where the sky just pumps down acid rain
And the tides climb higher every year
What do I do
When everything just falls apart
For a man that barely has a heart
What do I do
Credits
Writer(s): Kim Hansen
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