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It'll Be A Long Time Lyrics
All this time has whittled away
Like so many days in one
Back and forth the leaders sway
Backing it up with guns
Superpowers flex their wings
Hold the world on puppet strings
Egos will feed while citizens bleed
That's always the way it goes
When will the world listen to reason
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time
When will the truth come in to season
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time
All they want is what they can defend
Before their time is up
Make the same mistakes all again
Heard it all before
Superpowers flex their wings
Hold the world on puppet strings
Egos will feed while citizens bleed
That's always the way it goes
When will the world listen to reason
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time
When will the truth come in to season
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time
Well if they tried maybe they'd see
It'd do a little good to let the world be free
Handshake and a smile gets you on through
Then turn it all around with a suicide move
But you know it's not fooling anyone but me
You gotta make yourself see what you want to see
Superpowers flex their wings
Hold the world on puppet strings
Egos will feed while citizens bleed
That's always the way it goes
When will the world listen to reason
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time
When will the truth come in to season
I've got a feeling it'll be a long time
Song Info
Submitted by
nothingman On Nov 26, 2001
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This song is sweet....it puts me in the racing mood
Case in point - the Bush Administration
another kick ass offspring song w/ an obvious meaning. the song is about how the gov't screws up the world, and the common man is blind to it. it's true though- it'll be a long time before the world changes for the better
This song was out before bush.... it was released in 94....which, at the time, was Clinton
It doesn't have to be a specific administration or power, this is a general view on all bureaucracy, capitalism, corruption and power struggles.
noone said it was about bush.
Relinquo1 was using the Bush Administration as an example.
The bridge is the best fucking part of this song. When the riff speeds up more every time it comes around. Unf.
The song is about The Cold War, looking at the lyrics and listening to the song makes it obvious
The “suicide move” is nuclear war
The “suicide move” is nuclear war