A Century Ends Lyrics

Cast your eyes into the distance Try to focus on it all Find a spirit of resistance Instead of pride before the fall
Forge some opposition From disparate strands It ain't the prettiest position As a century ends
Unstable situation Faces made of wax Streams of melting glass Sheets of butchered facts
The roar of the machine Hooded hearts and jeweled hands, oh And anger spilling out like gasoline As a century ends
And everythin' I seen, everythin' that I heard Ain't even the tip of the iceberg Fire down memory lane So pass me my rose tinted glasses again
Through a fog of contradiction Out to the lake of tears See society admiring its own reflection Chase a light that shine and disappears
And be careful what you say 'Cos reality offends Just sit back and let your soul decay As a century ends
And it's easy to get weary As you fight to get it done Against a popular theory That it's over, before it's even begun
Strain the limit of compassion Tend a wound that never mends, oh And honesty still out of fashion As a century ends
As a century ends As a century ends As a century ends