Lyrics Safeword - Basix

Safeword

«Listen, do you hear them?
The birds?
We are not alone in this world.
They remind us of that!»
Walking from the bench back to my car
His words keep echoing in my head
Driving home alone in my coughing cage
I feel like holding my breath
I think that I deserve to choke in fossil fumes
I want to spit out self-contempt and rage
I call out for a sign
I pray for absolution
I don’t wanna play this stupid game anymore
But I’m waiting for the safeword
Polar bears are clinging to melting ice
Once awesome rulers of the Arctics
Now lost at sea, exposed on TV
We rule this party, they pay the price
Our frightened children ask us «why?»
And once again we let them down
We know the answers, but what can we say?
«Because they haven’t learned how to fly?»
We call out for a sign
We pray for absolution
We don’t wanna play this stupid game anymore
But we’re waiting for the safeword
Stuck in a kinky alliance:
Consumers, politicians and finance
Addicted to a cocktail of habit, greed and spite
We know we can’t go on like this, but do we take the fight?
We call out for a sign
We pray for absolution
We don’t wanna play this stupid game anymore
But we’re waiting for the safeword
We call out for a sign
We pray for absolution
We don’t wanna play this stupid game anymore
But we’re waiting for the safeword
To safe the world
This stupid game isn’t sexy anymore
But we’re waiting for the safeword
«Listen to the birds» the old man said
«They remind us that we are not alone»