Tunnel Vision
Kate Tempest"Tunnel Vision" is a song by Kate Tempest, released in 2016 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:47 long and contains 79 lines and 685 words.
Lyrics
0:18Indigenous apocalypse decimated forest the winter of our discontent's upon us
0:22Desolate apostles left with strongbow at the crossroads
0:25We are nothing but an eating mouth oesophagus colossal
0:27We won't stop until we've beaten down the planet into pellets
0:30Before the interstellar mission to inflict more terror
0:32It's killing me it's killing me it's filling me I'm vomiting it's still in me
0:36Everything is fine really silly me
0:37Poor kids shot dead poor kids locked up
0:40Poor kids saying this is the future that you left us
0:42Stopped up lunch meat processed punch from an unclean fatcat
0:46Tasty tasty poison
0:47Carcinogenic diabetic asthmatic epileptic post traumatic bipolar and disaffected
0:52Atomised thinking we're engaged when we're pacified
0:55Staring at the screen so we don't have to see the planet die
1:02What we gonna do to wake up
1:05We sleep so deep it don't matter how they shake us
1:07If we can't face it we can't escape it
1:10But tonight the storm's come
1:12She's screaming she's screaming
1:13The drones turned her beautiful boy into a pile of bones
1:16No body to bury nobody is home
1:19Running from war the boat's full the boat's sinking a mile off shore
1:22No beds in the hospitals our minds are against us
1:25Imagine your daughter was gunned down defenceless on her way to school
1:28There'd be uproar
1:30But she's collateral damage it doesn't matter
1:32Now if our kids are fine that's enough for us
1:34You can't love into a vacuum there's got to be a limit
1:37Welcome to the biggest crime that's ever been committed
1:39You think you and I are different kinds you're caught up in specifics
1:42You and I apart are easier to limit
1:44The illusion's so complete it's impossible to bring it into focus
1:47Cinematic stock footage you think people are locusts
1:49Uniform men keep unleashing explosives
1:51What we gonna do to wake up
1:54We sleep so deep it don't matter how they shake us
1:57If we can't face it we can't escape it
1:59But tonight the storm's come
2:01Tunnel vision tunnel vision
2:03Work drinks heartbreak
2:04You can't face the past the past's a dark place
2:07Can't sleep can't wake sitting in our boxes
2:09Notching up our victories as other people's losses
2:12Another day another chance to turn your face away from pain
2:15Let's get a takeaway
2:16And meet me in the pub a little later
2:17We'll say the same things as ever
2:19Life's a waiting game
2:20When we gonna see that life is happening
2:22And that every single body bleeding on its knees is an abomination
2:26And every natural being is making communication
2:29And we're just sparks tiny parts of a bigger constellation
2:32We're miniscule molecules that make up one body
2:35You see the tragedy and pain of a person that you've never met
2:39Is present in your nightmares in your pull towards despair
2:42And the sickness of the culture and the sickness in our hearts
2:45Is a sickness that's inflicted by this distance that we share
2:49Now it was our bombs that started this war
2:52And now it rages far away
2:53So we dismiss all its victims as strangers
2:55But they're parents and children made dogs by the danger
2:58Existence is futile so we don't engage
3:02But it was our boats that sailed killed stole and made frail
3:06It was our boots that stamped
3:07It was our courts that jailed
3:09And it was our f**kin banks that got bailed
3:11It was us who turned bleakly away
3:13Looked back down at our nails and our wedding plans
3:15In the face of a full force gale we said
3:18Well it's not up to us to make this place a better land
3:21It's not up to us to make this place a better land
3:24Justice justice recompense humility
3:28Trust is trust is something we will never see
3:31Till love is unconditional
3:33The myth of the individual has left us disconnected lost and pitiful
3:39I'm out in the rain
3:40It's a cold night in London
3:42And I'm screaming at my loved ones to wake up and love more
3:47I'm pleading with my loved ones to wake up and love more
Indigenous apocalypse decimated forest the winter of our discontent's upon us Desolate apostles left with strongbow at the crossroads We are nothing but an eating mouth oesophagus colossal We won't stop until we've beaten down the planet into pellets Before the interstellar mission to inflict more terror It's killing me it's killing me it's filling me I'm vomiting it's still in me Everything is fine really silly me Poor kids shot dead poor kids locked up Poor kids saying this is the future that you left us Stopped up lunch meat processed punch from an unclean fatcat Tasty tasty poison Carcinogenic diabetic asthmatic epileptic post traumatic bipolar and disaffected Atomised thinking we're engaged when we're pacified Staring at the screen so we don't have to see the planet die What we gonna do to wake up We sleep so deep it don't matter how they shake us If we can't face it we can't escape it But tonight the storm's come She's screaming she's screaming The drones turned her beautiful boy into a pile of bones No body to bury nobody is home Running from war the boat's full the boat's sinking a mile off shore No beds in the hospitals our minds are against us Imagine your daughter was gunned down defenceless on her way to school There'd be uproar But she's collateral damage it doesn't matter Now if our kids are fine that's enough for us You can't love into a vacuum there's got to be a limit Welcome to the biggest crime that's ever been committed You think you and I are different kinds you're caught up in specifics You and I apart are easier to limit The illusion's so complete it's impossible to bring it into focus Cinematic stock footage you think people are locusts Uniform men keep unleashing explosives What we gonna do to wake up We sleep so deep it don't matter how they shake us If we can't face it we can't escape it But tonight the storm's come Tunnel vision tunnel vision Work drinks heartbreak You can't face the past the past's a dark place Can't sleep can't wake sitting in our boxes Notching up our victories as other people's losses Another day another chance to turn your face away from pain Let's get a takeaway And meet me in the pub a little later We'll say the same things as ever Life's a waiting game When we gonna see that life is happening And that every single body bleeding on its knees is an abomination And every natural being is making communication And we're just sparks tiny parts of a bigger constellation We're miniscule molecules that make up one body You see the tragedy and pain of a person that you've never met Is present in your nightmares in your pull towards despair And the sickness of the culture and the sickness in our hearts Is a sickness that's inflicted by this distance that we share Now it was our bombs that started this war And now it rages far away So we dismiss all its victims as strangers But they're parents and children made dogs by the danger Existence is futile so we don't engage But it was our boats that sailed killed stole and made frail It was our boots that stamped It was our courts that jailed And it was our f**kin banks that got bailed It was us who turned bleakly away Looked back down at our nails and our wedding plans In the face of a full force gale we said Well it's not up to us to make this place a better land It's not up to us to make this place a better land Justice justice recompense humility Trust is trust is something we will never see Till love is unconditional The myth of the individual has left us disconnected lost and pitiful I'm out in the rain It's a cold night in London And I'm screaming at my loved ones to wake up and love more I'm pleading with my loved ones to wake up and love more
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