Weltschmerz

Please let me introduce myself I'm simply a man of our time Confused and bewildered I seem to live without reason nor rhyme Betrayed by a system I'd given up trying to change Let me tell you now for nothing, I'm back in the game I've gorged on the knowledge feasted on the digital feed I've discerned through my wisdom that all cannot be believed I've reached the conclusion that we have all been deceived And that our freedoms and democracy are not what they seem Weltschmerz, weltschmerz, weltschmerz I am a grey bearded warrior, a poet of no mean acclaim My words are my weapons that I proffer with disdain My melancholy aspect is something you can't disregard My motives you cannot question nor my strong sense of right and wrong I've formed the opinion that things can't stay as they are My anger and my fury trapped like a wasp in a jar It's never too late to make a brave new start When the revolution is called I will play my part Weltschmerz, weltschmerz, weltschmerz There was a time my moral compass was spinning out of control I retired from the barricades, dug myself a very deep hole I came to in a country I once considered a home That has been lost to the scoundrels And the rogues and a circus of clowns The heavens roll thunder, I raise my face to the rain With my feet in cold ashes of all that remains If we'd listened to the children and heeded their call Risen to the challenge at an earlier bell The fight isn't over, this war still has to be won On an unlevel playing field the conflicts rage on Stand up to be counted, stand up to be heard Stand up at the barricades stand up for your world Weltschmerz – the homeless and starving Weltschmerz – the bombed and the burnt Weltschmerz – the poor and the lonely Weltschmerz – the forgotten and spurned The shells of cathedrals, the yellowing grass The plum dark tornadoes, fluttering flags The queues at the foodbanks, the raging typhoons The gangs on the corner, the shadows that groom The fading of dahlias, the forests of fire The walls in the desert The rapture is near