Revival

When I first met her She was in a bathroom gown Talked to me from inside her home She said we're drowning Got killers all around People dashing too and fro No sanctuary to be found And we're fighting for survival In a raggedy neighborhood We're living off the sea Our parents and our ancestors Were bought by the economy They're becoming you and me Becoming you and me So we're cleaning Polishing Remembering food queues and Fame Washing Training Reliving cold wars again (There's a whirlpool in my brain) We walked down the hill In a misty haze to go meet There were bad men playing worse men But the pieces would not speak Saw wolves in sheep's clothing They were masters of this game They were tugging at the heartstrings Of the peaceful and the meek Grazing on misery They cried out for all to see Their velvet gloves and iron fists Moving us how they pleased But some they were wise They could see right through the game They waited for the pawns to fall As the Bishops made their moves The Queen was ready to die But she left the King exposed The Knights attacked in a pincer move And the Castles fell to ruin The King was killed And the Queen died When the Knights attacked in a pincer move And the Castles fell to ruin The Castles fell to ruin Revival Revival For you and me Revival Revival For you and me For you and me Revival Revival For you and me Revival Revival For you and me For you and me