Gordion's Knots

You want to save the earth
Yeah, that's okay
As long as it don't interfere
With your good day
You want a Revolution
Yeah, that's alright
As long as you and your rich kids
Don't have to fight
You want the daily comfort
and convenience of the
civilized
So every night, intoxicated,
Brainwashed by the tube
You look the other way
And say inside,
"Oh gosh, I never realized"

(Chorus)
The lies we hold inside
Have got us twisted up in
Gordion's knots
The lies we try to sell ourselves
Denying when we smell the rot
We're floating in a shared despair
Look into me
There's nothing there
Look into me
There's nothing there

You say you want to save the whales
But on a diet, watching scales
You say you're so fed up with this
But every night you need a kiss
(And no one's really faithful these daze
anyway...
No no one's really paying prices
Pay to pray to play to make your day
It's all illusion anyway
There's nothing here for me to say...)
[chorus]

I say I want a brave new world
But I'm too scared to leave my bed
We say we want a world of peace
But action's lost
When everybody's
Stuck in their own head
Oh yeah we're full of good intentions
We got plans to follow Jesus
Once we've got enough in savings
to afford a cushy life
in our old age
[chorus]

(Bridge)
Oh yeah we're gonna save the world,
But not right now
Let's have a drink
Oh yeah we're gonna save the world,
But for the moment
I don't want to have to think
Just pour a drink
Oh yeah
Oh no
Oh don't you know
Oh yeah
Oh no (repeat)