Sunday, 21 March 2021

Civilised To Death

VERSE
Am
You've got emergency surgery and antibiotics
Am/B
Half your work done by a team of robotics
Am/F#
Still you've confessed
You're depressed
And distressed
and oppressed  
What's the matter with you?

You can travel through the sky sitting down in a chair
Get a drink, eat a meal and there's wifi up there
But at the slightest delay 
You complain
Like it's the end of the world

CHORUS
F                             Am
So why aren't you happy now?
F                             Am
Why aren't you in awe 
                    Am/F#          Am      
You've been civilised to death

VERSE
You've got your mother in a home, kids at childcare
You're working 7 days a week just to keep them there
You've been promised all your free time
When you're retired

You're the pyre for the fire of incessant growth 
Where any movement's advancement or progress or both
Youe’re like a falling man 
Who insists he’s flying 

CHORUS

BRIDGE
Am                                            F
How much time still to put in?
Am/B                              Am/F#
Can't be long 'til you're retiring
F
Scratching on the walls until your time is up 
G
One last sup at the poisoned cup

OUTRO
C
Take me back
Am
To the simple life
F
When we surrendered
G
To being alive

We lived by the ocean
And drank from the stream
In a world of abundance
Our lives were a dream

We had all we needed
Happy in our tribe
Surrounded by beauty
That you can't describe

The trees gave us everything
We worshipped the sun
Nature was all
And we were as one



LYRICS:

You've got emergency surgery and antibiotics
Half your work done by a team of robotics
Still you've confessed
You're depressed
And distressed
and oppressed  
What's the matter with you?

You can travel through the sky sitting down in a chair
Get a drink, eat a meal and there's wifi up there
But at the slightest delay 
You complain
Like it's the end of the world

So why aren't you happy now?
Why aren't you in awe 
You've been civilised to death

You've got your mother in a home, kids at childcare
You're working 7 days a week just to keep them there
You've been promised all your free time
When you're retired

You're the pyre for the fire of incessant growth 
Where any movement's advancement or progress or both
Youe’re like a falling man 
Who insists he’s flying 

So why aren't you happy now?
Why aren't you in awe 
You've been civilised to death

How much time still to put in?
Can't be long 'til you're retiring
Scratching on the walls until your time is up 
One last sup at the poisoned cup

Take me back
To the simple life
When we surrendered
To being alive

We lived by the ocean
And drank from the stream
In a world of abundance
Our lives were a dream

We had all we needed
Happy in our tribe
Surrounded by beauty
That you can't describe

The trees gave us everything
We worshipped the sun
Nature was all
And we were as one

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