Hope

A baby boomer's lullaby came floating Through my screen on Channel nine I wouldn't be tuned in if I weren't back home In Bendigo My uncle Pete, he's complaining 'bout the greenies He says that they have gone too far, I say Pete They don't go far enough I'm back in Melbourne, I'm not doing the best I can On bad days I'm a parasite, on my good days I say at least I tried I'm getting asthma as I run for the train Is it genetic from my family or is it just harder To breathe these days? And it might be hopeless but if I lose hope I bring on that ending And it might be hopeless but if I lose hope I bring on that ending And it might be hopeless but if I lose hope I bring on that ending And it might be hopeless but if I lose hope I bring on that ending I got myself so tangled that I can't say a word But I'm screaming in My head short circuits, every thought runs out Before it can Go anywhere, drive away and let a dusty Horizon break me from this cycle of inertia I'm so furious at my trembling, idle hands I'm ashamed of my own blood, of my breath And I fear every step that I take on The world keeps turning and it don't give a Damn about thoughts that I don't say A loud noise is building, it's a dissonant Chaos of words but it's better than Silence is drowning, tell me which way's The surface and I'll swim for my life And if I can't hope, nothing's ever gonna change So let your eyes roll, you'll still be cool when We're in flames And if I can't hope, nothing's ever gonna change So let your eyes roll, you'll still be cool when We're in flames I could stockpile in the basement, be a ruthless Survivor itching to prove that violence is our Nature and society was fleeting and futile Take the satisfaction when my cynical Conclusions come to fruition Will I win then, when everyone is as selfish And careless as me? And if I can't hope, nothing's ever gonna change So let your eyes roll, you'll still be cool when We're in flames And if I can't hope, nothing's ever gonna change So let your eyes roll, you'll still be cool when We're in flames And it might be hopeless but I've gotta try it It's better than lying down and bringing on Our fate And it might be hopeless but I've gotta try it It's better than lying down and bringing on Our fate