Orchid Children

Their hair was long past their shoulders And they were dancing in the mud and the rain They were swimming in their victory flush That they started washing down the drain They were deaf in poetic ecstasy of love Holding hands and singing We Shall Overcome But now they're doing lines on an old McDonald's bag With Jack and quaaludes to keep them numb That's what happens When you leave Orchid Children out They crumble into dust That's what happens Just a pawn to the elite It happened to them, it could happen to us Their story's clichéd, it's boring They heeded their commercial vices Just for an easy shot of dopamine And the rising cost of cutting prices Although they once were caring people, tried to change their worlds They were swallowed up and chewed right out again Continued in that cycle and then jumped off the bridge Just for a footnote and a flash on CNN That's what happens When you leave Orchid Children out They crumble into dust That's what happens Just a pawn to the elite It happened to them, it could happen to us That's what happens When you leave Orchid Children out They crumble into dust That's what happens Just a pawn to the elite It happened to them, it could happen to us