The Wasteland

Heirs to errant sovereignty

Nothing but to need, guaranteed

Scavenging like common thieves

Time’s detritus laid bare for thee

What nobody told you

When out on your own

Who wistfully thinks of

Why they are sinking, never figures

How to pull themselves out

And all you can do is forget about who is

Suffering when your means meet your ends

Oh, wretched is the way of…

…The Wasteland

It’s your turn to reap from what has been wrung

Welcome to the wasteland

What’s there left to win when it’s all been won?

Find what’s fruitful from the heap

Notwithstanding those who compete

Cast them to the dusty ground

They knew what doom was to be found…

In the wasteland

It’s your turn to reap from what has been wrung

Welcome to the wasteland

Nothing left to win when it’s all been won

You’re stuck in the race, man

Try to keep the pace, or you’re overrun

And in the wasteland

Oh it doesn’t hurt if you know someone…

One for one, All for nothing

Brick after brick, the house keeps crumbling down

Stone by stone, lost or abandoned

Then stolen or found, the house keeps crumbling down

(One by one, brick after brick, stone by stone, all for nothing)

It’s a sullen thing how it’s come to be that

(One by one, brick after brick, stone by stone, all for nothing)

We’ve agreed to throw away the best parts of the dream

(One by one, brick after brick, stone by stone, all for nothing)

That we used to dream when we still believed

(One by one, brick after brick, stone by stone, all for nothing)

We would see no defeat from anything

(One by one, brick after brick, stone by stone, all for nothing)

Will we see no defeat from anything?

What nobody told you

You're on your own

Who wistfully thinks of

Why they are sinking never finds

A way to pull themselves out

So, all you can do is try not to think about who is

Suffering when your means meet your ends

Oh, wretched is the way of The Wasteland

Now you’re in the wasteland

Nothing left to win when it’s all been won

It’s a race, man

Try to keep the pace, or you’re overrun