The Jam - Running on the Spot lyrics
[The Jam - Running on the Spot lyrics]
I was hoping we'd make real progress
But it seems we have lost the power
Any tiny step of advancement
Is like a raindrop falling into the ocean
We're running on the spot -
Always have - always will?
We're just the next generation
Of the emotionally crippled
Though we keep piling up the building blocks
The structure never seems to get any higher
Because we keep kicking out the foundations
And stand useless while our lives fall down
I believe in life - and I believe in love
But the world in which I'm living
Keeps trying to prove me wrong
Out in the pastures we call society
You can't see further than the
Bottom of your glass
Only young but easily shocked
You get all violent when the boat gets rocked
Just like sheep - little
Lambs into the slaughter
Don't fully grasp what exactly is wrong
Truth is you never cared - still
You get all violent when the boat gets rocked
Intelligence should be our first weapon
And stop reveling in rejection
And follow yourselves
Not some ageing drain brain
Whose quite content to go
On feeding you garbage
We're running on the spot -
Always have - always will?
We're just the next generation
Of the emotionally crippled
But it seems we have lost the power
Any tiny step of advancement
Is like a raindrop falling into the ocean
We're running on the spot -
Always have - always will?
We're just the next generation
Of the emotionally crippled
Though we keep piling up the building blocks
The structure never seems to get any higher
Because we keep kicking out the foundations
And stand useless while our lives fall down
I believe in life - and I believe in love
But the world in which I'm living
Keeps trying to prove me wrong
Out in the pastures we call society
You can't see further than the
Bottom of your glass
Only young but easily shocked
You get all violent when the boat gets rocked
Just like sheep - little
Lambs into the slaughter
Don't fully grasp what exactly is wrong
Truth is you never cared - still
You get all violent when the boat gets rocked
Intelligence should be our first weapon
And stop reveling in rejection
And follow yourselves
Not some ageing drain brain
Whose quite content to go
On feeding you garbage
We're running on the spot -
Always have - always will?
We're just the next generation
Of the emotionally crippled