Nujabes - The Sign lyrics

rate me

You wanna watch it fall apart

Every time I walk I watch

I look, I notice, I observe

I read the signs

And the signs are pointing in the wrong direction

The signs are not naming the streets

Or leading you to the highways

The signs are naming names

Tombstones to mark the death of children not even born

And I don't mean abortion I mean what is to come

The signs are telling me to turn back around

The signs are telling me to research my past

The signs are telling me to learn from my mistakes

The signs are asking me questions

Do you wanna watch it all fall apart?

Do you have any control?

Is there anything that you can do?

Time is not a nice person

I know because the sign said it

Time can be generous but ultimately time is indifferent

Time does not give two damns or a fuck

So what will you do?

What will we do?

So I'm in the middle of the street talkin' to the signs

And people are lookin' at me pointing and laughing

Like, "This mothafucker's crazy! "

But do they not see the signs?

Do you not see the signs?

If there is one thing in this world

That you can depend on

That you can bet your last dollar on

It's the ignorance of the American people

But still I have faith

But still I read the signs

They are indeed there

Some of us are lost

And will not find our way

No matter what the signs say

Some of us do not see the signs because

We are too busy shopping.

Some of us do not see the signs because

We can't help but stop and look at the accidents and stare

We are in a daze

We are amazed by the world's displays

Some of us do not see the signs because

We are giving spare change to the homeless

We are getting gas

We are volunteering for duty

And we are watching television

We are driving around in circles on spinners

And we are working eight to six

We are on our way to the club

We are high, we are drunk, and we are sober

And we do not see the signs

We are listening to a moron babble

We are listening to tongues that lie

We give them an ear

We give them a hand

We give them both eyes

So we cannot see the signs

There are children playing in the streets

And they cannot read the signs

They are only children

Stop.

Stop!

I fear there is no U-turn

And that this road dead-ends

Because we cannot read the signs

Do you not see the signs?

We must read the signs

And we must turn around

We must turn around

We gotta turn this shit around

And we gotta read the signs

We must read the signs...

We must read the signs...

We must read the signs...

We gotta read the signs...

We gotta turn this shit around...

We must turn this shit around...