Who's gonna set the example now

You man you need to take your vows

Oh how you can fly

Oh how you can soar

When your hands are bloodied by a war

So far removed from the plains

The waters are dirtied by a bigger man's sum

Who's gonna set the example for him

Who sacrificed his only kin

What's in the word of wealth

When no one ever sees it

Was the work from his hands

Lost in the sands of pleasing

Who will set the example for him

When there is no higher standard

Applauding the higher, higher

Applauding the higher you get

Up on top

Yeah we're fooling ourselves

Yeah we're fooling ourselves

Father of a country falling apart

Up on top

Yeah we're fooling ourselves

Yeah we're fooling ourselves

Mother of a baby crying for help

Don't coddle the baby

The baby needs to learn

Up on top

What a precious idea

When there is no higher standard

Who's gonna set the example for her

Left alone to care for her only daughter

Punished for her innocence and faith unyielding

Inherited the violence that her history's been grieving

Who's gonna pass food to her child

When she has no one to serve their hunger

Up on top

Yeah we're fooling ourselves

Yeah we're fooling ourselves

Father of a country falling apart

Up on top

Yeah we're fooling ourselves

Yeah we're fooling ourselves

Applauding the higher, higher

Applauding the higher you get

Up on top

Yeah we're fooling ourselves

Yeah we're fooling ourselves

Father of a country falling apart

Up on top

Yeah we're fooling ourselves

Yeah we're fooling ourselves

Mother of a baby crying for help

Don't coddle the baby

The baby needs to learn

Up on top

What a precious idea

When there is no higher standard

When there is no higher standard