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the ones who walk away from omelas - us lyrics

[verse 1]
i don’t wanna be day in and day out
i don’t wanna go around merry-go-round
i just wanna play my music loud
and not worry ’bout my place or a crown
tucked away in a castle in the clouds
i’ve been endowed with the doubts
that the man in the tower doesn’t give a sh-t about
the power that he touts
’cause he’s a coward backed by clout
so i’m carefully crafting my verbs and my nouns
in attempts to convince my fellows in the ‘burbs and the towns
that it’s worse to pay a pound for the cure
when prevention costs an ounce
call out all that is absurd
burn it down

the dreams of the peasants are the nightmares of the kings
and i resort to dreaming through the songs that i sing
and i might flirt with reviving the guillotine
but i could never pull the string that releases the machine
the dreams of the peasants are the nightmares of the kings
and you won’t ever catch me kiss a hand full of rings
what’s the bling to a boss
when we earned, what he’s got
and in return he left us to rot
join the ones who walk away from omelas

[verse 2]
there’s a child left living in filth and decay
and it’s okay says the ones who aided and abetted this fate
and these suicidal thoughts are crossing my mind every night
and i don’t know why i’m so depressed when this pain ain’t even mine
will i ever stop crying?
bleeding heart on the floor
this whole existence is trying, trivial testing me more
but by morning i’m done mourning
to live life i must ignore the child left in the dungeon
what’s all this suffering for?
i only ask cause i’m only human i’m only one man
and only one plan won’t suffice when the ice caps melt in our hands
on our watch and when the clock tick tocks to midnight
i’ll be proud that i fought
but can you really blame the ones who walk away from omelas

[outro]
are we lost, are we lost?
the ones who walk away from omelas
are we lost, are we lost?
the ones who walk away from omelas
are we lost, are we lost?
the ones who walk away from omelas
are we lost, are we lost?

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