CULTURE SHOCK LYRICS

"When The Fighting's Over"

In the life and times of people classified as youth
There are certain subdivisions who are out to get the truth
About the way we live and think
And what we're told is real
Cos most people's reality ignores the way we feel

A wave of realization in the leaflet and the song
Has generated mass awareness - now we know what's wrong
From festivals of years ago to brand new record sleeves
There's a thousand signs and symbols promoting love and peace

The background deprivation keeps the context very near
The questions are so obvious but the answers never clear
The problems are reiterated time and time again
We say we'll find the answers but no one knows quite when

The way we talk of unity between us is just fine
We know we think together, certain phrases catch our minds
We analyze and memorize the slogans but we know
That words are only meaningless if that's all we can show

When it comes to action there are ways in which to move
Without the need for violence there are still ways we can prove
That we are not the mindless fools the paper said we were
Constructive contradiction can get what we deserve

The negative destructive trends are merely passing screams
Of sick misguided paranoia nightmares out of dreams
Dreams of leadership enforced by strength and nothing more
Is needed just to prove you don't know what you're fighting for

Aggression misdirected against ourselves and not the state
The mindless clone minority with their sick contorted hate
With drink and false security they turn gigs into fights
And when the state police turn up they run away in fright

We say we are united but the truth is hard to hide
We'll never change the outside world
Until we change ourselves inside
We talk and say we're listening
But our egos rule our minds
The answer is before us but the problem makes us blind

It isn't all of us at fault but those who are to blame
Must realize the rest of us will not join in their game
In the name of God knows why or what
They smash up concert halls
Like in the name of keeping peace
Our government fight wars

In both these situations there is no constructive cause
And when the fighting's over no one ever wants some more
So why does all this violence continue just the same?
Too many of us just ignore the need for us to change
Need for us to change, need for us to change

Thanks to Schmuckles for these lyrics

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