Some of us are born
And then some of us are born again
Some of us are scared to death
And some just done believe in it
Something is always wrong
There's a lie
An idea i can't get behind
No one knows what's right
Some try
Some just try to find a king
They say
"Who will save us now?
It's our life
But we don't want to live it!
We want to be told how
By something or someone
Who's better than us!
Who we know we can trust
Who'll always protect us
But keep us scared to death
So we never ask questions
Who'll dictate the consequences of our actions
And give us peace of mind about our miserable lives!
Confined and content all we want is a place we can hide!"
So we've always fought our wars
For what we're told is worth dying for
Land and love and God and wealth
But men in charge protect themselves
You can rest a**ured
That it's the young and the poor who fought all our wars
Led to death by men who they chose
And hoped would protect them
And "Who will save us now?
It's our life but we don't want to live it!"
And all you'll get is down
Because the people you elect to protect your best interests
Will just protect themselves and all their investments
And even the few with the best of intentions
Will just push their views
What they think is right for you and everyone else
You can't think for yourself
Because you've chosen to let someone else do it for you!
So we're left to drift between our waking life and all our dreams
Reality is relative
And that's all the advice I'll give
Life and death are hard
They're such strange and complicated issues
So listen and listen well
For insight
But no one knows what's right for you
"Who will save us now?"
It's a wrong
And irrelevant question
Because we figure it out
With the people who love us
Who call us their brothers
Through lessons we learn
From our fathers and mothers
Not looking for someone to find our solutions
Fight all our battles
Or show us what truth is
It's by working hard to find our own piece of mind
And living and learning until we know what's right for our lives!
And then some of us are born again
Some of us are scared to death
And some just done believe in it
Something is always wrong
There's a lie
An idea i can't get behind
No one knows what's right
Some try
Some just try to find a king
They say
"Who will save us now?
It's our life
But we don't want to live it!
We want to be told how
By something or someone
Who's better than us!
Who we know we can trust
Who'll always protect us
But keep us scared to death
So we never ask questions
Who'll dictate the consequences of our actions
And give us peace of mind about our miserable lives!
Confined and content all we want is a place we can hide!"
So we've always fought our wars
For what we're told is worth dying for
Land and love and God and wealth
But men in charge protect themselves
You can rest a**ured
That it's the young and the poor who fought all our wars
Led to death by men who they chose
And hoped would protect them
And "Who will save us now?
It's our life but we don't want to live it!"
And all you'll get is down
Because the people you elect to protect your best interests
Will just protect themselves and all their investments
And even the few with the best of intentions
Will just push their views
What they think is right for you and everyone else
You can't think for yourself
Because you've chosen to let someone else do it for you!
So we're left to drift between our waking life and all our dreams
Reality is relative
And that's all the advice I'll give
Life and death are hard
They're such strange and complicated issues
So listen and listen well
For insight
But no one knows what's right for you
"Who will save us now?"
It's a wrong
And irrelevant question
Because we figure it out
With the people who love us
Who call us their brothers
Through lessons we learn
From our fathers and mothers
Not looking for someone to find our solutions
Fight all our battles
Or show us what truth is
It's by working hard to find our own piece of mind
And living and learning until we know what's right for our lives!