Between your womb and grave The life you almost saved Sit down, you can't relate To the kings that you've enslaved The sun won't rise when the morning comes Run away to the beat of the drums Did your best, couldn't add up the sum The sun don't set on the modern age He read her memoirs from a creaking stage Walked away and fell asleep on her grave Said he'd rather be a traitor then another slave I back down, I can not take The motion in my head I got used to the pain The heart I had to explain The sun won't rise when the morning comes Run away to the beat of the drums You did your best, couldn't add up the sum The sun don't set on the modern age
He read her memoirs from a creaking stage Walked away and fell asleep on her grave Said she'd rather be a traitor then another slave Oh, you sterile souls You walk like you already know Oh, your sitcom rolls You behave 'cause you already know Oh, your fortune told Now behave cause they already know The sun won't rise when the morning comes Run away to the beat of the drums You did your best but couldn't add up the sum The sun don't set on the modern age He read her memoirs from a creaking stage Walked away and fell asleep on her grave Said I'd rather be a traitor then another slave