Who Will Save Us Now

Some of us are born, and then some of us are born again

Some of us are scared to death, and some just don't believe in it

Something's always wrong, there's a line, an idea I can't get behind

No one knows what's right

Some try, some just try to find a king, they sing

Who will save us now?

It's our life, but we don't want to live it

We want to be told how

By something or someone who's better than us

Who we know we can trust

Who will always protect us

But keep us scared to death so we never ask questions

Who'll dictate the consequences of our actions

And give us peace of mind about our miserable lives

Confined and content, all we want is a place we can hide

We can hide

So we've always fought our wars for what we're told is worth dying for

Land and love and God and wealth

But men in charge protect themselves

You can rest assured

It's the young and the poor who fought all our wars

Led to death by men

Who they chose and hoped would protect them

And who will save us now?

It's our life, but we don't want to live it

And all you'll get is down

'Cause the people you elect to protect your best interest

Will just protect themselves and all their investments

And even the few with the best of intentions

Will just push their views of what they think is right for you

And everyone else, you can't think for yourself

'Cause you've chosen to let someone else do it for you

For you

So we're left to drift between our waking life and all our dreams

Reality is relative and that's all the advice I'll give

Life and death are hard

They're such strange and complicated issues

So listen, listen well for insight

No one knows what's right for you

And who will save us now?

It's a wrong and irrelevant question

'Cause we've figured it out

With the people who love us

Who call us their brothers through lessons we've learned

From our fathers and mothers, not looking for someone to bind our solutions

To fight our own battles or show what truth is

But working hard to find our own peace of mind

Living and learning 'til we know what's right for our lives

Our lives