Why’d you do it
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Went ahead when there’s no one to guide you through it
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Like nothing to it, the present danger, you mighta knew it
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Either way you’re walking right into it, like you’re invited to it
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Was it worth it?
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Trying to throw the tide back at the ocean like maybe you could divert it
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But maybe it’s already certain?
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And they’re saying that it’s a lost cause Jack, you should draw curtains
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The sacrifice, that you offered up
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Followed through and coughed it up, they want to knock you out
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They want to lock you up, did you ever think twice?
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Cause if it’s economic or not, everyone has their price
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And the toll that it took, from rolling the dice
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And dedicating your whole life to getting integrity right
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From the bush to the bright lights, and the building sights
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On the frontline gathering to fight
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There was no hesitation, no thought of being brave
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Just a certain elation, keeping the wolves at bay
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Keeping the wolves at bay
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Won’t let the light go out in me
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Can’t let the light go out in me
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Can’t let the light go out in me
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Won’t let the light go out in me
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Why’d you stick your neck out, enough to get it cut off
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You could’ve gone under the radar and then caught the run-off
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The lifestyle will rub off, the perks of the plum job
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But then you never sold your people out for the pay of some boss
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The young city that wants to be a metropolis
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All of these apartments, skyscrapers, offices
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Acquiring of properties, driving out the poverty
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Askin was the premier and everywhere he’s pocketing
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Nobody was stopping 'em, they never gave a second thought
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To what they were demolishing, if they got fined
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It wasn’t what the profit is, they say couldn’t stop progress
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Money, power and politics and the cause seems hopeless
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But if progress at any cost is this
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When people are steamrolled and pushed out like they cease to exist
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Well, what kind of process is this
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It was time for the ground beneath to shift
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Danger all around us
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Time to stand up and be counted till we number in the thousands
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Time to take back what’s ours from these cowards
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Corrupted by their power in their ivory towers
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So we making no allowance
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For the greatness of the labour or the lateness of the hour
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Time to take back what’s ours, never cower
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In the belly of the beast where still the weak get devoured
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But
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There was no hesitation, no thought of being brave
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Just a certain elation, keeping the wolves at bay
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Keeping the wolves at bay
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Won’t let the light go out in me
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Can’t let the light go out in me
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Can’t let the light go out in me
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Won’t let the light go out in me
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I’ve faced the menace, I’ve seen its teeth
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Casting its shadow
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Can’t let the light go out in me
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Let the light, let the light in me
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Won’t let the light go out in me
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Let the light, let the light in me
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Won’t let the light go out in me |