Tales From Beyond

A new diversion demands my attention Another narrative will go unquestioned Who tells the story and why does it need you? When will your radicals have something to prove to you? Still learning, educating yourself When will knowledge become practice? Part-time radicals with nothing to lose Re-educate, unlearn, rinse and reuse A new diversion demands my attention Another narrative will go unquestioned Who tells the story and why does it need you? When will your radicals have something to prove to you? Still learning, educating yourself When will knowledge become practice? Part-time radicals with nothing to lose Re-educate, unlearn, rinse and reuse You resist within the system Liberation through the state Let things slide for the sake of peace Hollow tears when they're on their knees You resist within the system Liberation through the state A new diversion demands my attention Another narrative will go unquestioned Who tells the story and why does it need you? When will your radicals have something to prove to you? Still learning, educating yourself When will knowledge become practice? Part-time masters Part-time radicals with nothing to lose Re-educate, unlearn, rinse and reuse You resist within the system Liberation through the state Let things slide for the sake of peace Hollow tears when they're on their knees You resist within the system Liberation through the state Your selfish opportunism And corrosive self-interest As you advocate universal human rights Within a framework created by people you claim to oppose And it's not better than nothing, you hold us back And make us too comfortable and complacent in fact It's time you stopped, put the flag down Declared your self-interest and stepped to one side of the line Between ideological struggle And unprincipled peace and stagnation