Civilised to Death

You've got emergency surgery and antibiotics Half your work done by a team of robotics Still you've confessed You're depressed And distressed and oppressed What's the matter with you? You can travel through the sky sitting down in a chair Get a drink, eat a meal and there's wifi up there But at the slightest delay You complain Like it's the end of the world So why aren't you happy now? Why aren't you in awe You've been civilised to death You've got your mother in a home, kids at childcare You're working 7 days a week just to keep them there You've been promised all your free time When you're retired You're the pyre for the fire of incessant growth Where any movement's advancement or progress or both Youe're like a falling man Who insists he's flying So why aren't you happy now? Why aren't you in awe You've been civilised to death How much time still to put in? Can't be long 'til you're retiring Scratching on the walls until your time is up One last sup at the poisoned cup Take me back To the simple life When we surrendered To being alive We lived by the ocean And drank from the stream In a world of abundance Our lives were a dream We had all we needed Happy in our tribe Surrounded by beauty That you can't describe The trees gave us everything We worshipped the sun Nature was all And we were as one