I was reared and I was fed
 Moved into the neighbourhood
 Where I was bad and I was good
 I fixed things for people there
 I took them out I don't know where
 I coloured in their lives to give them outlines
 I walked before I'll walk again
 I'll walk along a line of men
 And walk into the lion's den

 I think you know but you won't say
 Just what it is makes life this way
 But I'm not going to take this lying down

 Reach for the stars retch for the earth
 We took the earth and made it worse
 And there was never any doubt
 We ate it up we spat it out
 And still we love to say we did it our way
 On this voyage of discovery
 I'm blinded by the things I see
 I've seen before I'll see again
 I'll look along a line of men
 And fall into the lion's den

 Now you can pray your head is bared
 And I'm not saying I'm not scared
 But I'm not going to take this lying down

 I think you know but you won't say
 Just what it is makes life this way
 But I'm not going to take this lying down