There are too many people
In too small a place
It's like everybody's waiting
Just filling in their space
Nowhere left to hide
Nowhere left to run
So I sit here in my corner
And wave my tongue

Freedom is a special thing
In the world today
We don't know how lucky we really are
If there's something to be said there is nothing you can say

So don't look down on me
Oh, don't look down on me
Down on me
Oh, so don't look down on me
Down

If you think your life's a waste of time
If you think your time's a waste of life
Come over to this land, take a look around
Is this a tragic situation
Or a massive demonstration
Where do we hide?

So please don't cry
So please don't cry
Because they're falling all around me
And I wish I was not here
Broken bodies sit around me
And I wish
And I wish that I was not here
I was not here
So don't look down on me

Oh, so don't look down on me
And you, we both feel the same
We're just looking for the answers
To a different game
Oh, so don't look down on me

Oh, don't look down on me

Oh, so don't look down on me
Down on me
Oh, so don't, so don't look down on me
(Nowhere left to run
Nowhere left to hide
So please don't)
Don't look down on me
Oh, down on me
Oh, down on me
Oh, down on me
Oh, down on me


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