The peacemaker, in open aggression, lit the fuse. Now freedom-fighters run the oppression and the news. An illogical biased statistician hid somewhere makes an eloquently dumb politician cut our share. My guard dog's lost its bark and its bite. The soldier told me give up the fight. The optimist says "Something's not right" - so scared. It turns out it was a nurse who was the first with the fever but didn't care. Now the scientist's a blind-faithful believer deep in prayer. The optician won't look me in the eye but the priest told me a dirty black lie. The therapist has started to cry. Don't stare. Meanwhile I'm trying to figure when it changed. How come it ever got to be this strange? It's close to midnight. It looks like we are bound to fail. I don't think that we'll all live to tell the tale. Someone's telling me the charities are lining their pockets - is that true? Humanitarians trading with rockets - is that new? Our leaders are all easily led. The journalists all missed what they said as the opposition slept in their beds. So what's new? Meanwhile I'm trying to check I got this straight. How come we didn't notice till too late? It's close to midnight. Our day is running out too fast. We're built to be brilliant but not built to last. It's looking like our chance has passed. The bankers have declared they are broke. My doctor's stepped outside for a smoke. A nun told me an X-rated joke - I'm amused - or bemused? Meanwhile... The disillusioned town mouse tried to burn down our city - didn't belong. The devil told me our world's so pretty. He was wrong. He's so wrong. So wrong. But he's so strong. He's so wrong.
