Once We Were Anarchists

Demonstrations got boring Well it was obvious that the government was ignoring us It's hard to drag yourself through empty streets On an empty stomach with no sleep The shortcomings got clearer As the price we paid got dearer and dearer It's supposed to be a case of give and take Well I was feeling the give and making the mistake And I've heard it said the unexamined life Isn't much worth living, and I'm sure they're right But it's hard to keep on fighting the good fight When no one else seems bothered Yeah, when no one's on your side Because I'm young enough to be all pissed off But I'm old enough to be jaded I'm at the age where I want things to change But with age my hopes have faded I'm young and bored of being young and bored If I was old I could say I've seen it all before In short; I'm tired of giving a shit I've got friends who are bankers And it's an easy rhyme to call them wankers But I must say I envy the way that they live And it's all; it's all take and no give Well I'm playing the lone ranger Riding to the rescue of 6 billion strangers Armed with only an original song And a sense that something's wrong And I must admit that I'm tired of saying no, all the time Well I must admit that I don't really know what would be right And if politics, is helping other people Then my political career is pretty fucked Because the truth is I don't like people all that much The times they aren't a-changing Yeah England's still shit, and it's still raining And everybody's jaded and tired and bored And no one lifts a finger, because It's just not in our culture Our culture is carrion and we're all vultures And no one seems bothered by the state of play It seems that the stench is with us to stay So I had a go, I tried examining life It wasn't much worth living I guess they're right And I'm tired of fighting the fight that's not my fight So is everybody else, we're all on the same side Because I'm young enough to be all pissed off But I'm old enough to be jaded I'm at the age where I want things to change But with age my hopes have faded I'm young and bored of being young and bored If I was old I could say I've seen it all before In short; I'm tired And in short; I'm probably fired If the revolution doesn't want me, I don't give a shit