Things Unforeseen

We walked down the streets And we looked in the shops And we'd always dream Like all the other robots We looked at the stuff And dreamed of buying it all Too much was never enough Still couldn't see we were lost We were taught to collect Forever buying new things Completely missing effects And all results unforeseen We'd cruise every night With the windows rolled down The tunes turned up high Driving round and around We thought we were free Here in the home of the brave Still somehow we'd always feel A desperate need for escape Never thought to object 'Cause we were lost in our dreams Forgetting cause and effect And missing things unforeseen Everywhere I see the scars Of years of our neglect Storms inside, around us With no end Never watched any news And ignored the reports We had all our views And didn't need any more We were stuck in our lives Uninformed and naive Then came the cable news guys We heard and wanted to scream They gave malice a place And it spilled into the streets Our indifference to hate Built places harsh, unforeseen Now, here we are... living in A world lonely insecure What can we do to build A future and to ensure That our world won't break And our seas don't die And our children will survive We laughed and we drank At the neighborhood pub Never thought that would change Never thought we would judge our neighbors Just for their looks For being different than us Our country once understood Freedom is thicker than blood People come for a chance Not handouts or charity They get a withering glance And only rage unforeseen Now, here we are... living in A world lonely insecure What can we do to build A future and to ensure That our world won't break And our seas don't die And our children will survive Now, here we are... living in A world lonely insecure What can we do to build A future and to ensure That our world won't break And our seas don't die And our leaders don't fail Or the rivers run dry And our children can survive I pray we're not out of time