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I'm gonna wait and watch the world die
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
Once again, the time is right
To look to the past and clear hindsight
To kick yourself for doing what you're told
To smoke up all your medicine
To piss off your last few friends
To become the one with nothing left to be
It's easy
I'm gonna wait and watch the world die
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
Caught in a contract, and caught in a vice*
No one believes you but you know you're right
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
They say if you don't believe in something
Then you're gonna fall for anything
Well, I'd say if you believe in anything, you've already fallen for something
You've had enough, you've had enough
Well, you can't stop but you can't go on
And no one's gonna miss you when you're gone
So sing another song
I'm gonna wait and watch the world die
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
Caught in a contract and caught in a vice*
No one believes you but you know you're right
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
The man on the TV with fear in his eyes
Says we're all just animals trying to survive
The weakest get hunted and eaten alive
We lock all our doors, close our windows up tight
Cower in fear and thank god that we're so civilized
I'm gonna wait and watch the world die
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
Caught in a contract of caught in a vice
No one believes you but you know you're right
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
Once again, the time is right
To look to the past and clear hindsight
To kick yourself for doing what you're told
To smoke up all your medicine
To piss off your last few friends
To become the one with nothing left to be
It's easy
I'm gonna wait and watch the world die
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
Caught in a contract, and caught in a vice*
No one believes you but you know you're right
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
They say if you don't believe in something
Then you're gonna fall for anything
Well, I'd say if you believe in anything, you've already fallen for something
You've had enough, you've had enough
Well, you can't stop but you can't go on
And no one's gonna miss you when you're gone
So sing another song
I'm gonna wait and watch the world die
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
Caught in a contract and caught in a vice*
No one believes you but you know you're right
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
The man on the TV with fear in his eyes
Says we're all just animals trying to survive
The weakest get hunted and eaten alive
We lock all our doors, close our windows up tight
Cower in fear and thank god that we're so civilized
I'm gonna wait and watch the world die
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
Caught in a contract of caught in a vice
No one believes you but you know you're right
I'm gonna wait and watch it die
Lyrics submitted by smileforthecamera
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This reminds me of John Mayer's "Waiting For The World To Change" in that rather than writing a song saying we all need to stand up and fight for the country and all, it represents those who are just sitting back and waiting, literally, for the world to change itself, or die.
"The man on the TV with fear in his eyes Says we're all just animals trying to survive The weakest get hunted and eaten alive We lock all our doors, close our windows up tight Cower in fear and thank god that we're so civilized"
To me that's depicting the lackadaisical attitude that is widely shared throughout the country; the fact that people sit in their homes on their couches watching the news on their little TV sets, thinking "oh how great it is to be me" as if they're invulnerable to the devastation that is happening in not just other countries, but in their own backyards. I think it's a play on our naivety.
I don't think it's written from John's perspective, as in I don't think he really feels this way. I think he's writing it on behalf of how he views the country and the general public.
I don't know, I'm probably completely off.