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Birds Without Wings Lyrics
Wishing that something would happen
A change in this place
'Cos I'm tearing off the fancy wrapping
Find an empty package
Take for a while
your trumpet from your lip
Loosen your hold
loosen your grip
On your old ways that have fallen out of step
In a changing time
Hoist a new flag
Hoist a new flag
Angry sun burn down
Judging us all
Guilty of neglect
and disrespect and thinking small
Death by boredom
Death by greed
If we can't stop taking
More than we need
And across the fractured landscape
I see the same things
Tired ideas
Birds without wings
Birds without wings
Birds without wings
And these are just thoughts
Of lack lustre times
I've no interest
In excuses you can find
Like you've had a hard day
Now you're too tired to care
Now you're too tired to care
You've had a hard day
Well across the fractured landscape
I see the same things
Tired ideas
Broken values
Many with the notion that to share is to lose
A hollow people
Bound by a lack of imagination and too much looking back
Without the courage to give a new thing a chance
Grounded by this ignorance
And the cat comes
We're just,
Birds without wings
Birds without wings
Birds without wings
A change in this place
'Cos I'm tearing off the fancy wrapping
Find an empty package
your trumpet from your lip
Loosen your hold
loosen your grip
On your old ways that have fallen out of step
In a changing time
Hoist a new flag
Hoist a new flag
Judging us all
Guilty of neglect
and disrespect and thinking small
Death by greed
If we can't stop taking
More than we need
I see the same things
Tired ideas
Birds without wings
Birds without wings
Of lack lustre times
I've no interest
In excuses you can find
Now you're too tired to care
Now you're too tired to care
You've had a hard day
I see the same things
Tired ideas
Broken values
Many with the notion that to share is to lose
A hollow people
Bound by a lack of imagination and too much looking back
Without the courage to give a new thing a chance
Grounded by this ignorance
We're just,
Birds without wings
Birds without wings
Birds without wings
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i was very surprised that no one had commented on this song before! its basically about how shallow and lazy the world and especially our generation has become- money and material-obsessed, but too lazy to come up with any original ideas. he also focuses on the extreme apathy that is characteristic of many people, and that they don't care about anyone or anything than themselves. because of these bad qualities, he warns against the moral and intellectual demise of the generation, as a bird with no wings cannot escape the cat hunting it.
very well said
sounds more like angels without wings..
it fits with the babylon theme.. religious people without compassion.. without revelation. without mercy.
a hollow bunch of selfish people with no knowledge
It sounds like an anthem for the "Progressive" party.