This Routine

Lyrics

I've seen a thousand thoughtless faces today  
A thousand I saw yesterday  
It's our ignorance that keeps us up to pace  
It's our tvs that keep us smiling  
And all the world's money won't buy you freedom,  
Diamond rings don't save lives  
How can a man ever be free  
I know it's inside you and me sat outside on broken steps  
The other day a man came up to say hello  
He sang me songs that he heard on the radio  
But said that writing was his passion, gave him the change  
I had wished him good luck  
Maybe he'll be fine but he just buys wine  
He's been alone since age sixteen  
How can we push him out of our memories?  
Half the world is sleeping now in front of tvs  
And the other half is crying to the night sky  
Is this why we were born?  
To wash our emperor's feet?  
Or are we just puppets living lies  
I had a dream I tried to talk to mother earth last night  
But she just sat and cried, yeah she fucking cried  
Can someone save us from our pain?  
She replied "save yourself" so let's learn to be free  
Let's quit our jobs and find some meaning  
Let's pour out in the streets  
And yell and sing because without love this life don't mean a thing  
I say fuck this routine