Is This the Life We Really Want? (Live From Prague May 2023)
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โฑ๏ธ 5:49 duration
๐ ID: 23613186
๐ Lyrics
The goose has gotten fat
On caviar in fancy bars
And subprime loans nd broken homes
Is this the life, is this the holy grail?
It's not enough that we succeed
We still need others to fail
Fear, fear drives the mills of modern man
Fear keeps us all in line
Fear of all those foreigners
Fear of all their crimes
Is this the life we really want?
It surely must be so
For this is a democracy and what we all say goes
And every time a student is run over by a tank
And every time a taxis go to bailing out a bank
Every time a Russian bride is advertised for sale
And every time a journalist is left to rot in jail
Every time a young girl's life is casually spent
And every time a nincompoop becomes the president
Every time somebody dies reaching for their keys
And every time that Greenland falls in the fucking sea, it's because
All of us, the blacks and whites
Chicanos, Asians, every type of ethnic group
Even folks from Guadeloupe, the old, the young
Toothless hags, super models, actors, fags, bleeding hearts
Football stars, men in bars, washerwomen, tailors, tarts
Grandmas, grandpas, uncles, aunts
Friends, relations, homeless tramps
Clerics, truckers, cleaning ladies
Ants, maybe not ants (why not ants?)
Well, because it's true that ants don't have enough IQ to differentiate between
The pain that other people feel
And well, for instance, cutting leaves
Or crawling across windowsills in search of open treacle tins
So, like the ants, are we just dumb?
Is that why we don't feel or see?
Or are we all just numbed out on reality TV?
So, every time the curtain falls
Every time the curtain falls on some forgotten life
It is because we all stood by, silent and indifferent
It's normal
On caviar in fancy bars
And subprime loans nd broken homes
Is this the life, is this the holy grail?
It's not enough that we succeed
We still need others to fail
Fear, fear drives the mills of modern man
Fear keeps us all in line
Fear of all those foreigners
Fear of all their crimes
Is this the life we really want?
It surely must be so
For this is a democracy and what we all say goes
And every time a student is run over by a tank
And every time a taxis go to bailing out a bank
Every time a Russian bride is advertised for sale
And every time a journalist is left to rot in jail
Every time a young girl's life is casually spent
And every time a nincompoop becomes the president
Every time somebody dies reaching for their keys
And every time that Greenland falls in the fucking sea, it's because
All of us, the blacks and whites
Chicanos, Asians, every type of ethnic group
Even folks from Guadeloupe, the old, the young
Toothless hags, super models, actors, fags, bleeding hearts
Football stars, men in bars, washerwomen, tailors, tarts
Grandmas, grandpas, uncles, aunts
Friends, relations, homeless tramps
Clerics, truckers, cleaning ladies
Ants, maybe not ants (why not ants?)
Well, because it's true that ants don't have enough IQ to differentiate between
The pain that other people feel
And well, for instance, cutting leaves
Or crawling across windowsills in search of open treacle tins
So, like the ants, are we just dumb?
Is that why we don't feel or see?
Or are we all just numbed out on reality TV?
So, every time the curtain falls
Every time the curtain falls on some forgotten life
It is because we all stood by, silent and indifferent
It's normal
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:57.28] The goose has gotten fat
[01:05.43] On caviar in fancy bars
[01:11.50] And subprime loans nd broken homes
[01:18.27] Is this the life, is this the holy grail?
[01:31.36] It's not enough that we succeed
[01:37.53] We still need others to fail
[01:44.10] Fear, fear drives the mills of modern man
[01:53.95] Fear keeps us all in line
[02:03.22] Fear of all those foreigners
[02:06.98] Fear of all their crimes
[02:10.22] Is this the life we really want?
[02:22.86] It surely must be so
[02:29.28] For this is a democracy and what we all say goes
[03:01.59] And every time a student is run over by a tank
[03:07.88] And every time a taxis go to bailing out a bank
[03:14.31] Every time a Russian bride is advertised for sale
[03:20.64] And every time a journalist is left to rot in jail
[03:27.21] Every time a young girl's life is casually spent
[03:33.61] And every time a nincompoop becomes the president
[03:40.28] Every time somebody dies reaching for their keys
[03:46.70] And every time that Greenland falls in the fucking sea, it's because
[03:53.45] All of us, the blacks and whites
[03:56.45] Chicanos, Asians, every type of ethnic group
[04:01.56] Even folks from Guadeloupe, the old, the young
[04:06.05] Toothless hags, super models, actors, fags, bleeding hearts
[04:12.48] Football stars, men in bars, washerwomen, tailors, tarts
[04:18.92] Grandmas, grandpas, uncles, aunts
[04:22.12] Friends, relations, homeless tramps
[04:25.33] Clerics, truckers, cleaning ladies
[04:31.09] Ants, maybe not ants (why not ants?)
[04:36.33] Well, because it's true that ants don't have enough IQ to differentiate between
[04:44.41] The pain that other people feel
[04:47.62] And well, for instance, cutting leaves
[04:50.83] Or crawling across windowsills in search of open treacle tins
[04:57.38] So, like the ants, are we just dumb?
[05:00.67] Is that why we don't feel or see?
[05:03.95] Or are we all just numbed out on reality TV?
[05:10.19] So, every time the curtain falls
[05:23.24] Every time the curtain falls on some forgotten life
[05:29.67] It is because we all stood by, silent and indifferent
[05:35.96] It's normal
[05:38.25]
[01:05.43] On caviar in fancy bars
[01:11.50] And subprime loans nd broken homes
[01:18.27] Is this the life, is this the holy grail?
[01:31.36] It's not enough that we succeed
[01:37.53] We still need others to fail
[01:44.10] Fear, fear drives the mills of modern man
[01:53.95] Fear keeps us all in line
[02:03.22] Fear of all those foreigners
[02:06.98] Fear of all their crimes
[02:10.22] Is this the life we really want?
[02:22.86] It surely must be so
[02:29.28] For this is a democracy and what we all say goes
[03:01.59] And every time a student is run over by a tank
[03:07.88] And every time a taxis go to bailing out a bank
[03:14.31] Every time a Russian bride is advertised for sale
[03:20.64] And every time a journalist is left to rot in jail
[03:27.21] Every time a young girl's life is casually spent
[03:33.61] And every time a nincompoop becomes the president
[03:40.28] Every time somebody dies reaching for their keys
[03:46.70] And every time that Greenland falls in the fucking sea, it's because
[03:53.45] All of us, the blacks and whites
[03:56.45] Chicanos, Asians, every type of ethnic group
[04:01.56] Even folks from Guadeloupe, the old, the young
[04:06.05] Toothless hags, super models, actors, fags, bleeding hearts
[04:12.48] Football stars, men in bars, washerwomen, tailors, tarts
[04:18.92] Grandmas, grandpas, uncles, aunts
[04:22.12] Friends, relations, homeless tramps
[04:25.33] Clerics, truckers, cleaning ladies
[04:31.09] Ants, maybe not ants (why not ants?)
[04:36.33] Well, because it's true that ants don't have enough IQ to differentiate between
[04:44.41] The pain that other people feel
[04:47.62] And well, for instance, cutting leaves
[04:50.83] Or crawling across windowsills in search of open treacle tins
[04:57.38] So, like the ants, are we just dumb?
[05:00.67] Is that why we don't feel or see?
[05:03.95] Or are we all just numbed out on reality TV?
[05:10.19] So, every time the curtain falls
[05:23.24] Every time the curtain falls on some forgotten life
[05:29.67] It is because we all stood by, silent and indifferent
[05:35.96] It's normal
[05:38.25]