The Wasteland
You can lead us to water but you can’t make us drink it / You can lead us to wisdom but you can’t make us think it / So we’re dry and we’re foolish and that’s how we’re gonna stay / ‘Til you lead us away / From the Wasteland //
You can show us your goodness but we won’t recognize it / You can show us what love is but we’ll only despise it / So we’re bad and we’re lonely and that’s how we’re gonna stay /‘Til you lead us away / From the Wasteland
Chorus: Yeah from the mental / state / so far from the Heartland / Where fear /and / hate /make everything quicksand / We’ve lost / our way /in this barren place / Life’s as empty as the time we waste / In the Wasteland
There’s a snake in the shadow and he’s looking us over / A vulture above us and he’s circling lower / See we’re poisoned and we’re dying just a little everyday / You’ve got to lead us away / From the Wasteland //
Chorus: Yeah from the mental state so far from the Heartland / Where fear and hate make everything quicksand // We’ve lost / our / way / in this barren place / Life’s as empty as the time we waste / In the Wasteland //
You can give us your justice but we’ll only defy it / You can send us salvation but we’ll just crucify it / Still you rise from the ruins and you promise us a day / When you’ll lead us away / From the Wasteland //
© Ariose Music/Sunday's Shoes Music (ASCAP)
