The Herd - Red Queen Theory lyrics

Yeah, yeah! What do we want?
We want that muthafucking bomb
And we never pause to consider
If we got it wrong
What we really want is a magic wand
Sell it for a song
Whatever the Red Queen wants
Chase Alice through Saddam's palace? if
Your feet don't keep balance
Develop wings like Daedalus
Your neighbors get jealous and
Develop their own
But in the meantime consolidate your
Place on the throne
You prohibit alcohol and make
A king of Capone you had it coming
You better do more than running?
Skipping is jumping it's outmuscling them
And then bumping em
Its evolving ever better ways of
Outwitting the other come on
The endless cycle tit-for tat
Cat-and-mouse game and never end
The risk of that, nah
Empires expire, systems collapse
Viruses attack, bacteria fight back
It just don't stop
Keep running on the spot keep running
Round the clock come on
Watch what's behind you
Cos now they're beside you
Before you know it they'll be
Flying right by you

What are you walking for? Run!
Run like your life is in danger
Keep running but stay on the same spot
Imagine where we'd be if we stopped go! Go!
What are you walking for? Run!
Run like your life is in danger
Keep running but stay on the same spot
Imagine where we'd be if we stopped
Keep running, running keep running, running

The Red Queen said keep
The refugees locked up
Or ship em off to Malaysia
Trying to persuade ya
That we can take a strong stance
Stop the boats landing
They said that in 1788, still standing
Well we're running on that treadmill
The polls demand it
Say one thing and do another
That's underhanded
Let's say racism was Hanson's invention
But she wasn't the one that
Put the kids in detention
But we really care a lot
Look at the NT intervention
Running hard on the cure but not prevention
Now that's a "Too-Hard Basket" if
I ever saw one
It makes your apology look like
A fucking poor one
Send in the troops to control the pay packets
Yo we're taking the land
Well that sounds like the same racket
If we didn't do something it'd
Be time to fret, ha
Genocide through benign neglect, yuh

What are you walking for? Run!
Run like your life is in danger
Keep running but stay on the same spot
Imagine where we'd be if we stopped go! Go!
What are you walking for? Run!
Run like your life is in danger
Keep running but stay on the same spot
Imagine where we'd be if we stopped
Keep running, running keep running, running
We keep running we keep we keep running