of love
i used to wander by a clear running stream
i used to listen to the birds in the trees
then it was bought up by a tech company
to sell virtual reality
you used to get a good job out of school
for eighteen years you go and follow their rules
but now they think of you as some kind of fool
if you're not indebted at twenty two
they haven't listened to a thing we've said
they're underwater
they're in over their heads
the things that went away they allowed
can you tell me if you know how
it's all a memory to me now
this apple pie is tasting quite fake
any minute now the damn could break
i'm seeing people start to tremble and shake
cause they don't know what to do
you're extorting people with their drugs
you've got to hide it sweep it under the rug
i hope you realize
just how much blood is pouring off your hands
they haven't listened to a thing we've said
they're underwater
they're in over their heads
the things that went away they allowed
can you tell me if you know how
it's all a memory to me now
it once surprised me if they changed all the facts
let the next generation take the impact
they just want their reputations and tags
for their friends at the country club
broken bottles line the empty streets
the bodies lying in the sweltering heat
this evidence can't
get more concrete
can i have a glass of water please
every now and then i think of that stream
the trees the birds the extinction of the bees
the desert farms the rising of the seas
what they took away they allowed
it's all a memory to me now
