Something for the Pain

Smiled upon a stranger in the blue marble basement Her words were out of time and her eyes were all vacant From the static reception, the latest mutation Of the old escalating consumption of hatred Said my people got no name and we don't have a nation We know our place is waiting on your mind's liberation There's a glitch in the system of conventional wisdom 'Till we make our decision to get up and give them Walls for the wind Shelter from the rain Something for the hunger And something for the pain Walls for the wind Shelter from the rain Something for the hunger And something for the pain They hailed it as the dawn of a new civilisation They didn't need the workers, they had full automation Technological vision, our subliminal prison 'Till we make our decision, to get up and build them Walls for the wind Shelter from the rain Something for the hunger And something for the pain Walls for the wind Shelter from the rain Something for the hunger And something for the pain Justice rolled like water and the paradigm shifted Freedom was the reason, but the script had got twisted And so we moved onto this significant junction A legitimate function of the means of production Walls for the wind Shelter from the rain Something for the hunger And something for the pain Walls for the wind Shelter from the rain Something for the hunger And something for the pain Walls for the wind Shelter from the rain Something for the hunger And something for the pain Walls for the wind Shelter from the rain Something for the hunger And something for the pain Something for the pain Something for the pain Something for the pain