Friendship of the Future
Future Bonds: A Reflection on Unruly Impulses and the Friendship Ahead
Lyrics
Everyone sworn to protect us
Everyone is committed to protecting us.
In a dreaming state now
We are in a dream-like state.
All the nations sharing it
All nations are participating in this shared dream.
They are the dreaming states now
They are also in dream states.
Maybe ours is a friendship of the future
Possibly, our friendship is one that belongs to the future.
Maybe ours is a friendship of the future
Repetition for emphasis.
All the things that you hold dearly
The things you value are of little help now.
Well they hardly help now
Things you cherish hardly provide assistance now.
All your impulses unruly
Your impulses are uncontrollable and cannot be maintained now.
Can not be upheld now
Unruly impulses cannot be sustained.
Maybe ours is a friendship of the future
Possibly, our friendship belongs to the future.
Is there a legal place for us to touch
Is there a legally accepted way for us to connect?
Maybe ours is a friendship of the future
Reiteration of the potential futuristic nature of the friendship.
A petal for the powerful to crush
A metaphorical offering for powerful forces to destroy.
In their halo I see a noose
In the influence of power, there's a threat or constraint.
Will they ever learn to be loose
Questioning whether those in power will learn to be more relaxed.
We did nothing is that the best we're gonna do
We did nothing; is that the best we can do?
Zaires designed it but we implied
Zaires designed it, but we understood it well in advance.
It well before the fact now
Anticipated the design or situation before it occurred.
Tell me when the next flesh wound
Asking about the timing of the next significant impact or crisis.
Is scheduled for impact now well
When is the next critical event scheduled to happen?
Maybe ours is a friendship of the future
Possibly, our friendship is one that belongs to the future.
Maybe ours is a friendship of the future
Repetition for emphasis.
All the carbon copy bodies
Referring to replicated, uniform bodies in fields.
In fields where they lay
In fields where they lie (possibly bodies), all identical.
Exercise your right to grieve
Exercise your right to grieve before it's taken away.
Before they take it, take it away
Encouraging the expression of grief before it's forcibly taken away.
Maybe ours is a friendship of the future
Possibly, our friendship is one that belongs to the future.
Is there a legal place to push too much
Is there a legally accepted limit to pushing too much?
Maybe ours is a friendship of the future
Repetition of the potential futuristic nature of the friendship.
Is there a legal place for us to touch
Is there a legally accepted way for us to connect?
Can we exercise our excuse
Can we justify our actions or behavior?
Will they ever learn to be loose
Questioning whether they will learn to be more relaxed.
We did nothing, is that the best we're gonna do
We did nothing; is that the best we can do?
We did nothing, is that the best we're gonna do
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