Goodbye Everything

And so it begins, the commodification of everything Advertising on your skin That's how you know you can't win And so it begins, the homogenisation of everything The colours dissolve to grey As your dreams slowly drift away I thought I could be strong I thought I could be strong But now I can't hold on Now I can't hold on And so it begins, the disassociation of everything It's making your poor head spin That's how you know you can't win And so it begins, the annihilation of everything The pestilence and the plague All the bombs and the tidal waves I thought I could be strong I thought I could be strong But now I can't hold on Now I can't hold on So I say bye-bye, goodbye to the smoke and the static Bye-bye, goodbye to the fumes and the plastic Bye-bye, goodbye to the hours we wasted Bye-bye, goodbye to the glories we tasted Oh I say bye-bye, goodbye to the wind and the grass and the trees Bye-bye, goodbye to the sea and the sky and the leaves Bye-bye, goodbye to all your pretty faces Bye-bye, goodbye, 'cos I can't take them with me But I would if I could And I sing