I long for the summer 

I long for the sun 

gently touching my face 

I’ll open my eyes 

let it burn every splinter 

unleash desert storms 

on its way to my heart 

and I had this coming 

every day of my life 

this is where I stop fighting 

eyes open wide 

you took this blade 

and cut a wreck 

and in one blow 

laid bare your neck 

where did we go wrong? 

I once had blue eyes 

hungry and wise 

now they are black from this 

dark age of lies 

we’re all privatized 

industrialized 

we capitalize on the beams in our 

eyes 

it’s all in the eyes 

eyes - tearing with sorrow 

burning with anger and passion and lust 

the swift wind of thought 

of wildness and laughter 

the soil of defiance 

the firm ground of trust 

(we had this coming - every day of our lives) 

(we should start fighting for eyes open wide) 

but I am put here 

in this world gone insane 

where everything’s for sale 

from nature, over stars down to DNA 

then I can gladly say 

that I’d be the first to break that norm 

any day 

any way 

and the last to join the ranks 

to hunt down the Daily Threat 

or any other brand of prey 

you took this blade 

and cut a wreck 

and in one blow 

laid bare your neck 

where did we go wrong? 

we once had blue eyes 

probing the skies 

now they are blackened 

from this modern life 

all privatized 

industrialized 

a failure 

offensive and sore to the eye 

one small step for man 

maybe this time I’ll fly 

and if I hit the ground 

it’s the way we all die 

we are wrecks of the cut 

soups of the season 

with dollar sign scars 

from this dark age of treason 

we all know how to cry 

then we learn how to smile 

how to smile 

we’re all telling the truth 

tell us the truth! 

then we learn how to lie 

and oh, how we lie 

how we 

lie 

when you bow your heads tomorrow 

at the world we build today 

I want you to remember 

that I stood my ground 

and said no 

(say no) 

I said no... 

say no!