Titus Andronicus - No Future Part Two: The Days After No Future lyrics
[Titus Andronicus - No Future Part Two: The Days After No Future lyrics]
Oh, I recall the last morning
The sun would rise on the race of man
After which it was clear nothing
Would be the same again
When called to answer for their crimes
The only response that they could find
Was that it seemed to be a
Good idea at the time
Now the sun in the sky has turned to rust
The rivers are running red with blood
And the cries of the helpless were never
Never enough
And those of us who were still alive
Were rightly afraid to go outside
When VuBu said
"This isn't shoegaze - this is suicide"
Then they came with torches and pitchforks
Carrying guns, clubs and sharp swords
When the loudest voice I ever heard said
"It's over"
It's over!
"And I, too, felt ready to start life all
Over again it was as if that great rush of
Anger had washed me clean
Emptied me of hope, and
Gazing up at the dark sky spangled
With it's signs and stars, for
The first time, the first
I laid my heart open to
The benign indifference of the
Universe to feel it so like
Myself, indeed, so brotherly, made me
Realize that I’d been happy
And that I was happy still for
All to be accomplished, for me
To feel less lonely
All that remained to hope was that on the
Day of my execution there should be
A huge crowd of spectators and that they
Should greet me with howls of execration"
The sun would rise on the race of man
After which it was clear nothing
Would be the same again
When called to answer for their crimes
The only response that they could find
Was that it seemed to be a
Good idea at the time
Now the sun in the sky has turned to rust
The rivers are running red with blood
And the cries of the helpless were never
Never enough
And those of us who were still alive
Were rightly afraid to go outside
When VuBu said
"This isn't shoegaze - this is suicide"
Then they came with torches and pitchforks
Carrying guns, clubs and sharp swords
When the loudest voice I ever heard said
"It's over"
It's over!
"And I, too, felt ready to start life all
Over again it was as if that great rush of
Anger had washed me clean
Emptied me of hope, and
Gazing up at the dark sky spangled
With it's signs and stars, for
The first time, the first
I laid my heart open to
The benign indifference of the
Universe to feel it so like
Myself, indeed, so brotherly, made me
Realize that I’d been happy
And that I was happy still for
All to be accomplished, for me
To feel less lonely
All that remained to hope was that on the
Day of my execution there should be
A huge crowd of spectators and that they
Should greet me with howls of execration"