| Here we are, static in the latter half
|
| Of the twentieth century
|
| But it might as well be the Middle Ages
|
| There’ll have to be some changes
|
| But how they’ll come about foxes me
|
| I want the future now
|
| I want to hold it in my hands;
|
| All men equal and unbowed
|
| I want the Promised Land
|
| But that doesn’t seem to get any closer
|
| And Moses has had his day…
|
| The tablets of law are an advertising poster
|
| Civilisation here to stay
|
| And this is progress? |
| You must be joking!
|
| Me, I’m looking for any kind of hope
|
| I want the future now
|
| I want to see it on the screen
|
| I want to break the bounds
|
| That make our lives so mean
|
| Oh, blind, blinded, blinding hatred
|
| Of race, sex, religion, colour, country and creed
|
| These scream from the pages of everything I read
|
| You just bring me oppression and torture
|
| Apartheid, corruption and plague;
|
| You just bring me the rape of the planet
|
| And joke world rights at the Hague
|
| Oh, someday the Millennium!
|
| But how far is someday away?
|
| I want the future now
|
| I’m young, and it’s my right
|
| I want a reason to be proud
|
| I want to see the light
|
| I want the future now
|
| I want to see it on the screen
|
| I want to break the bounds:
|
| Make life worth more than dreams
|
| Yeah, wake up the planet! |
Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Future Now , by - Peter Hammill. Song from the album In The Passionkirche Berlin 1992, in the genre Иностранный рок