Beg Your Pardon
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Beg Your Pardon

Chorus: Beg the question, bend the truth

Bail out the basement while there's holes in the roof


In the beginning they said there was light

There ain't much left of it now

We're lost in the darkness, searching sound and sight

Of an answer to the what, where or how

We're talking 'bout freedom while we're locked in a cell

Dreaming of a world without war

Forced to live on the boundaries of hell

Like no-one's ever thought of peace before

What's the point of preaching peace if it's something you don't feel?

What's the point of talking love if you think that love ain't real?

Where's the hope in hopelessness? Where's the truth in lies?

Don't try to hold my hand if you can't look me in the eyes


Chorus


In the beginning they said there was light

But somebody's burnt out the fuse

And now we're all lost in eternal night

Looking for a candle to use

Lots of little candles, isolated hope

Frail little flames in the gale

Lost little people who just can't cope

Knocking their heads on the nail

What's the point of talking freedom if you just protect yourself?

What's the point of preaching sharing as you accumulate your wealth?

It's so easy to be giving if the things you give ain't real

It's easy to lie if your ignore the things you feel



Chorus


In the beginning they said there was light

But we never had the eyes to see

But rather than struggling or putting up a fight

We ran like lemmings to the sea

No-one really wants to get it all together

It's easier to just grab what you can

Everybody's going it, hell for leather

Building little castles in the sand

Hypocrisy, delusion, lies, pretence, deceit

Think only of yourself and the world's at your feet

I don't believe the things you say, you make bullshit of the truth

The game you play's offensive and you life's the living proof


Chorus (x 2)


In the beginning they said there was light

But I'm tired of hearing their lies

I'm tired of deceit, gonna put up a fight

I'm going to use my own eyes

Gonna make MY decisions, live my own life

They can keep their darkness and gloom

Hypocrisy, trickery, I've had enough

They can keep their destruction and doom

I've only one life and I'll live it my way

They can keep their restrictions and law

If they think different I'll have one thing to say

Fuck off cos I've heard it before


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