"The End Is Almost In Sight"

Can they see you through the fog?
It’s best not mention your prosaic world
And don’t burden me with a hopeful stare
Countries filled with complexities that just don’t care
A felony of criminal respite
Can you hear the screams from your negligent denial?
Have you learnt anything from the education?
Pillage and drag everyone through a bottomless coffin
Are your dreams almost in sight?
In sight, in sight
Or are you seeking our surprise disguised as lies?


Are your dreams almost in sight?
Have you heard yourself bury and smother them?
All the wonder in your words won’t heal the facts
Will you have the time to even honour them?
Tell them you’ll pull through, tell them you’ll have proof
Tell them you’ll stand up and be counted for choking
Just tear up the papers bereft of your statements
Bleed and grieve for those men and women who you’ll not see
What’s left to reprise?
Reprise, reprise
Don’t assume you can push anyone else aside
Pushed aside, aside, aside
Are you expecting our surprise to be disguised as lies?


David Laley January 2010