Credo

I watch the TV every night I stay awake by satellite I hope and pray the nightmares Stay away today An oily shroud on a coral reef A black cloud's hanging over me When I hit on the remote The programs stay the same Credo, credo, credo, credo An assegai slick with sweat and blood A shotgun barks at a rabid dog A shallow grave hugs a highway Beneath a bleaching sun When cancer sucks a young girl's breast When a company chains a young man's soul When the coal dust stole My granddad's breath away, one day Credo, credo, credo, credo Credo, credo, credo, credo It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' to me A tattered tramp tacks a windy wind To close a crowded circle a brazier's light A man becomes a mountain In the falling snow A mother screams and a baby cries The memory gone before the blood has dried A needle pricks the conscience To help it fade away Credo, credo, credo, credo Credo, credo, credo, credo It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' to me It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' It don't mean nothin', tell me, it don't mean nothin' to me The more you scream, the less you hear Or that's how it used to be But I just can't tell the difference Anymore these days The open lips of an altar boy A planet spins in a silent void The options are ever fewer On the ground these days Credo, credo, credo, credo Credo, credo, credo, credo It don't mean nothin', it don't mean nothin' It don't mean nothin', it don't, it don't It don't mean nothin' to me, to me It don't mean nothin' to me Credo, credo, credo I watch the TV every night I stay awake by satellite I hope and pray the nightmares Stay away today An oily shroud on a coral reef A black cloud's hanging over me When I hit on the remote The programs stay the same A mother screams and a baby cries The memory gone before the blood has dried A needle pricks the conscience To help it fade away Don't you fade away Fade away, fade away, fade away Don't you fade away, don't you fade away Fade away, fade away, fade away