Midlife Burning

Think you got us at bay?
Think you can hide it all away?
We'll go burn it away
Just burn it all away!

From every shop to car,
We gonna put it all to flames
We, the middle children,
Futureless but all that is left
Of the future, towards the light,
Of your burning Mercedes Benz!

Policemen line the street,
Willing us to retreat,
Away from the screens
Where the world hears our screams
Killing the pulse of our beat
Away from the wrathful heat.

All they gonna do
Is convert us back to sheep,
Swallow down without a bleat
Cough up blood in alleyways
Rise up in arms as the strays
In our flag of pain we sway,
Insane.

Whatever we gonna say,
Truth really is, no one knows
Cuz no one gives a shit,
All united under one cause,
Just to cause,
Chaos, without all your flaws

Some say freedom
Some say justice
Into the fire we will lead 'em.

And out of the woods,
Smouldering behind us
Of a nation choked in fear.

A dead youth with no purpose
Turn around, face the wall
Look through, see the child
Into his eyes, a flame entices,
In your eyes, a car rises,
Set alight, but oh so bright.

If all of it's to shame,
For causing all this pain
It's only you we'll have to blame
We started the fire,
But it was you who gave us this desire,
It was you who ignored all our cries
Under democracy lies your ill fit guise.

And still you sit, in all that plush
Give the order,
It's just our souls you'll crush.
Turn back, swivel away
Pretend you can't see
As the rich have their way
This time it's not gonna stay,
Cuz there's nothing left to say.

Now it's just shells of people,
Creating shells of rubble,
Wading in our sea so desolate
Dragging all that dead weight,
But you tried to care all too late.
And you tried to share all to late.