The Great Australian Silence

The window was set up To never show what spoils the view A quadrant's been ignored And never seen by me or you And now that small percentage Climbs towards a paltry third And we pat ourselves upon the back For sticking to our word Yeah right You feed a daily Insta page With another booty call But all these butts are chugging Is a bitter pill that's all Time to get beneath the surface Start a call to action there Because the art of doing selfless stuff Might close the gaps somewhere Nothing gets solved with a cheque Time to turn and head back Spend some quality time on the lower deck Forget about funding selfie hits And start working on Real relationships The Great Australian Silence: Too loud, too long Let's replace it with song The Great Australian Silence Still pretty quiet here to me Make a noise now for my people Be heard in 2023 Time to get beneath the surface Start a call to action there Because the art of doing selfless stuff Might close the gaps somewhere Nothing gets solved with a cheque Time to turn and head back Spend some quality time on the lower deck Forget about funding selfie hits And start working on Real relationships The Great Australian Silence: We're set, we're poised To replace it with noise The Great Australian Silence: No truth, just lies Too many innocents died The Great Australian Silence Too loud, too long Let's replace it with song Let's replace it with songlines Let's replace it with song Let's replace it with songlines Let's replace it with song Let's replace it with songlines Let's replace it with song Be heard in 2023