A Century Ends

Cast your eyes into the distance Try to focus on it all Find a spirit of resistance Instead of pride before the fall Forge some opposition From disparate strands It ain't the prettiest position As a century ends Unstable situation Faces made of wax Streams of melting gla*s Sheets of butchered facts The roar of the machine Hooded hearts and jeweled hands, oh And anger spilling out like gasoline As a century ends And everythin' I seen, everythin' that I heard Ain't even the tip of the iceberg Fire down memory lane So pa*s me my rose tinted gla*ses again Through a fog of contradiction Out to the lake of tears See society admiring its own reflection Chase a light that shine and disappears And be careful what you say 'Cos reality offends Just sit back and let your soul decay As a century ends And it's easy to get weary As you fight to get it done Against a popular theory That it's over, before it's even begun Strain the limit of compa*sion Tend a wound that never mends, oh And honesty still out of fashion As a century ends As a century ends As a century ends As a century ends