Pain Of Salvation - Kingdom of Loss lyrics
Someone sells us Toys™ in a cheap cartoon Someone sells us Cars™ in the latest Bond™ that's coming soon Someone sells us Trends™ through a sitcom star Someone sells Herself™ in a docu-soap that goes too far Life™ on sale Can someone please just tell me what happened? I mean, first we paid for fast-food that will make us all fat and tired So then we pay for elevators So we won't have to climb the 3 stairs up to our apartments Then we buy freaking StairMaster™ machines So we can burn away while watching someone make real food on TV Now if that doesn't make us winners, I don't know what will I bet we would hang ourselves, if the world would just cut us a slack And now you think maybe you should see a shrink Help you feel alive again - yeah, that's a plan Just tell us who to pay Someone sells us Man™ in a White House™ speech Then Woman™ tightly pressed Between two bouncing breasts on a Baywatch™ beach Someone sells us Us™ everywhere I turn Then introducing Them™ To earn stock-points on our concern All for sale All for sale It's all for sale All for sale Welcome down to planet Earth™ Please don't ask us what it's worth You will notice that the world you found Is slightly tattered and worn down Someone sold us every stain Now if you wish to complain There's an open spot at 6 pm It's when Caucasia is listening If you're tearing down my world Please just try to do it gently If you're tearing down my world Please just try to do it gently There is love inside For a dream that has to die See, it's really all about time and choice: The fast food saves us enough time to squeeze lunch in exactly when we want it The elevators save us just a little more The StairMaster™ let us choose exactly when to walk the stairs Time is so important these days It's becoming a f**ing disease And I guess in a way it is Since it's bound to k** us all in the end Now with all the time and money we stashed away on others' expense I can only a**ume that the tickets to hell are really expensive And for some reason It's important to be first in line Someone sells us God™ in 2-for-1 with Shame™ Someone sells us War™ And the marketing, looks just the same Someone sells us Fear™ on TV each day A shape for every taste If the flavour's right, we gladly pay All on sale All on sale We're all on sale All on sale Welcome to the only Earth™ Please enjoy your only birth You will learn to take more than you give Buying scars you must live with Someone sold us every scar They somehow made us what we are We all long that spot at 6 pm But no one is really listening No no Not anymore We're all too busy Buying Sex™ Buying War™ Oh Buying Self Confidence™ Security™ Insurance Plans™ Just buying More & More™ As you're tearing down my world Please just try to do it gently (There's still love inside) As you're tearing down our world Please just try to do it gently (There's still love inside for the dream that has to die)