Weakerthans - Confessions Of A Futon-Revolutionist Lyrics lyrics

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Held like water in you shaking hands are all the small defeats

a day demands. 10-6 or 9-5 trying, dying to survive. Never

knowing what survival means. Leave the apartment to buy

alcohol. Hang our diplomas on the bathroom wall. Pick at the

plaster chipped away, survey some stunning tooth decay,

enlist the cat in the impending class-war. Let's lay our bad

day down here, dear and make-believe we're strong, or hum

some protest song. Like maybe "We Shall Overcome

Someday." Overcome the stupid things we say. Say I needed

more than this, say I needed one more kiss. We left that light

on way too long now. Let's plant a bomb at city-hall and kill

an MLA. We'll talk the night away. You call in sick, I'll quit the

word-games that I play. I swear I way more than half believe

it when I say that somewhere love and justice shine.

Cynicism falls asleep. Tyranny talks to itself. Sappy slogans

all come true. We forget to feed our fear.