Pretending To See the Future (Live At The Hammersmith Odeon 1983)

This is called "Pretending to See the Future"

The world in the west is like a bug in a plate
We can't understand the advances we've made
We try to resist, but it's so hard to say no
We're pretending to see what the future will hold

We appear to be in control of our fate
Just like soldiers believe they're in control of the war
But it's moving so fast, we cannot see what we've done
We're losing our lives just to say that we've won

My mind's made up, my heart is broke
My fortune is made, but I feel so choked
I can't understand how we could ever believe
The things we asked for but never received

We never understood the times we asked
The way we all wasted all that passed
This neglect is final, it's the stage we must
Enjoy to ever hope to see the first

My mind's made up 'bout the things we dealt
But now it's all we believe, we couldn't say why we're lost

My mind's made up, my heart is broke
My fortune is made, but I feel so choked
I can't understand how we could ever believe
The things we asked for but never received

So by making these noises, we'll never control
The things we hoped we'd never forgo
We appear to be in control of our fate
Just like soldiers believe they're in control of the war
But it's moving so fast, we can't see what we've done
We're losing our lives just to say that we've won!

My mind's made up, my heart is broke
My fortune is made, but I feel so choked
I can't understand how we could ever believe
The things we asked for but never received

So by making these noises, my heart is broke
My fortune is made, but I feel so choked
I can't understand how we could ever believe
The things we asked for but never received
So by making these noises, we're hellbent on a journey
Wasting our time, we should be free
So slow and seeing the same time, same place that's your eyes
We're the same kind, fragile, that's your sound!