White Knight
John Lennon said
“Hey, what you doing in bed
Now that people are peaceful and kind?”
I said “John,
No, you're wrong;
Man, I heard every song
But they didn't change everyone's mind.
“John Lennon's dead
Yeah, you got shot in the head
By some guy with a high-powered scope.”
I said “John,
Now you're gone
But still we carry on:
We miss you bad but we're learning to cope.
“And that is just the way that the world is today,
The way that the world's always been.
And it is how it is: you can die, you can live,
But you cannot change what you've seen.
We all cry out 'save us from those who enslave us'
To you white knights up on your steeds,
But then when you try it we quickly deny it
And cut you to see if you bleed.”
Gandhi he asked
“Sir, is your head in the past?
You can cheer up now India's free.”
I said “dude
Read the news
Yeah, the colonists lose,
But she's slave to the economy.
“Man, you did good,
Yeah, you did all that you could,
But your people are trapped in their huts.
By the way,
I should say,
You have long passed away,
Took a couple of slugs in your guts.
And that is just the way that the world is today,
The way that the world's always been.
And it is how it is: you can die, you can live,
But you cannot change what you've seen.
We all cry out 'save us from those who enslave us'
To you white knights up on your steeds,
But then when you try it we quickly deny it
“And cut you to see if you bleed.”
Jesus he smiled,
Said “Ah, hello there, my child,
Hope you enjoy the peace on the earth.”
“Man, you died,
Crucified
It was pure benecide,
But it was way more pain than it's worth:
You tried so hard
And I can only applaud,
Yeah, but sadly this world's still at war.
And I know
Long ago
You changed the status quo,
But we're worse now than ever before.
“And that is just the way that the world is today,
The way that the world's always been.
And it is how it is: you can die, you can live,
But you cannot change what you've seen.
We all cry out 'save us from those who enslave us'
To you white knights up on your steeds,
But then when you try it we quickly deny it
And cut you to see if you bleed.”
Says Honest Abe
“There's no such thing as a slave,
There are only we Americans.”
I said “Sir,
I concur,
But that bitch fate's a cur,
And she ruins the best thought-out plans.”
Said “Abraham,
You are my number one man,
But oppression ain't easily rent..
See this place
Is a space
Where it's all about-face:
And they're enslaved by their government..
“And that is just the way that the world is today,
The way that the world's always been.
And it is how it is: you can die, you can live,
But you cannot change what you've seen.
We all cry out 'save us from those who enslave us'
To you white knights up on your steeds,
But then when you try it we quickly deny it
And cut you to see if you bleed.”
All the ghosts cry
That they did not want to die
When they had so much work left to do.
I said “Yo,
Well I know
You did not want to go
But the world wasn't ready for you.”
Said “you were great
But we realised too late
That you just wanted us all to think.
Disarray
Is our way
We drink from the bidet
And we all wash our arse in the sink.
“And that is just the way that the world is today,
The way that the world's always been.
And it is how it is: you can die, you can live,
But you cannot change what you've seen.
We all cry out 'save us from those who enslave us'
To you white knights up on your steeds,
But then when you try it we quickly deny it
And cut you to see if you bleed.”
All the ghosts moan
That this just can't carry on
And myself I can only agree.
J.F.K,
M.L.K.,
They both went the same way,
As the others who come to see me.
We fight and bleed
For all the things that we need,
Then we go and fight harder for more.
We appease
The disease
Of this cruelty and greed
And kill those who can offer a cure.
And that is just the way that the world is today,
The way that the world's always been.
And it is how it is: you can die, you can live,
But you cannot change what you've seen.
We all cry out 'save us from those who enslave us'
To the white knights up on their steeds,
But then when they try it we quickly deny it
And cut them to see if they bleed.