Such a Thing as Society

If I am to win Then you have to fail It's each for themselves They've spun us the tail If I am to live Then you have to die This my friend, is the time-honoured lie This my friend, is the time-honoured lie There is such a thing as society That keeps us from losing our minds That's working and living and laughing together That makes us humankind In the glitter of gold and the silver charade We see ourselves in the image they made And we thought for the scraps since the very first day Do we really believe there's no other way Do we really believe there's no other way There is such a thing as society That keeps us from losing our minds That's working and living and laughing together That makes us humankind It's not who we are, it's not how we live In the depths of disaster, we hurry to give We lend our hand to strangers we meet And we go without so that others can eat And we go without so that others can eat There is such a thing as society That keeps us from losing our minds That's working and living and laughing together That makes us humankind Watch it all wither in the light of the sun In the warmth of our deeds and the labour we've done Uncover the lie, tear down the wall United we'll stand, divided we'll fall United we'll stand, divided we'll fall There is such a thing as society That keeps us from losing our minds That's working and living and laughing together That makes us humankind