The Simplest Things

The Simplest Things

It's the simplest things that send panic through the stream
That makes the city say I'm your rival
The child died for a riddle they found
In the back of some president's bible
Tell me I'm a gorwn man, I got no part in rebellion
That still seethes beneath the surface
Smile and resume your work and consume
And you'll have a pretty life with no purpose

Sipping on coffee at eleven in the morning
Trying to shake off a night in the town
Disembodied days, I got a job that pays
But the cost of living brings me down
Road to perdition or manic superstition
I can't choke the world for a wage and admission
I've seen the other side of both oceans
It looks so much like where we are standing

It's the simplest things that send panic through the stream
That makes the politicians forget the young
They didn't send their missions to wars of attrition
So we'd choose music over guns
We build these things all shiny and happy
Send the poisons of to a land you'll never see
When they're over there all sick and diseased
Can you blame them for some envy
If we spread the wealth with every man for himself
We'll sink this ship right to the bottom
If the West becomes the whole of creation
We'll be ground to the dust that we came from

Sipping on coffee at eleven in the morning
Trying to shake off a night in the town
Disembodied days, I got a job that pays
But the cost of living brings me down
Road to perdition or manic superstition
I can't choke the world for a wage and admission
I've seen the other side of both oceans
It looks so much like where we are standing
Rivers of cement and the people lament
They don't have enough of what we are selling
Say to me 'hey man, what have you abandoned?'
Why tear down all that we are building?