Happiness Not Included

[Verse 1]

We can't sanitise our history

Just because it's not what we want it to be

England was built on sorrow and pain

Slavery and ill-gotten gain

We gotta look around and recognise

Who we are now, how far we've come

Recognise those who deserve it

And live with those who don't

[Pre-Chorus]

So wash your hands and sing happy birthday

Hand gel won't sanitise your sins

So much we enjoy are built on broken backs

We can't turn away and paper over the cracks

[Chorus]

Before you get deluded

Read the small print of life

Happiness not included

Happiness not included

[Verse 2]

No one's gonna save us or come to set us free

When they're piling up their bodies and they're pointing at me

And you told me last night that I didn't have to fear

That if that is the case, just what the fuck we're doing here?

Staring at the dark, taking stock of our lives

Should be stealing petroleum and sharpening our knives

Getting up and ready when it all comes down

Get ready to duck so hit the ground

[Refrain]

Look around now

Look around now

Look around now

Look around now

[Verse 3]

Everything and it's seen as offensive

That's why we're always on the defensive

Our social media makes us slaves, like

Children we have to be told to behave

We only see in black and white

Retching up the drama for the thrill of the fight

And we kill, kill, kill in the rush of the game

Shooting all the soldiers again and again

[Chorus]

Before you get deluded (Look around now)

Read the small print of life (Look around now)

Happiness not included (Look around now)

Happiness not included (Look around now)

Times are moved in shifting sands

The future's in another lunatic's hands

It's turning on my TV again

They're watching all the people in pain

News is like crack cocaine

Everybody getting high again and again

I don't wanna know about the politician talks

I don't need to know just how the magic works

[Refrain]

Look around now

Oh, look around now

Look around now

Look around now

[Pre-Chorus]

So put your grief in a Tweet with the crying emoji

And so many words with nothing to say

And don't look at me, you Hollywood whores

When you're back there sweeping the restaurant floors

[Chorus]

Before you get deluded

Read the small print of life

Happiness not included

Happiness not included

Before you get deluded

Read the small print of life

Happiness not included

Happiness not included

Look around