Here We Go Again
Not for reasons, not for rhymes, it’s been like this since ancient times
Someone says they’re seeing signs in the shapes of lambs or lions
If you connect the dots between the stars
The truths we couldn’t live without, suddenly they’re all in doubt
Soon there are rumours going about, soon all hell is breaking out
Cos we used to worship Venus, now it’s Mars
Someone will sew a uniform, someone else will make a flag
Pretty soon we’re saluting it and marching up and down the drag
We thought it only happened when the sword was mightier than the pen
But here we go again
We don’t have to know their names to know where to apportion blame
Why should they admit their shame if that’s the way it’s been arranged
All of them are hiding in plain sight
Who needs a conspiracy when anyone with eyes can see
There isn’t any mystery, just pride and greed and gluttony
Since they became our basic human rights
No, it isn’t much more interesting than the Seven Deadly Sins
But they’re not so deadly now since they’re traded on the Dow
We thought it wouldn’t come again, like history had reached the end
But here we go again
Since then you’ve been running scared, seeing shadows everywhere
While you’re looking somewhere else, history repeats itself
Suddenly we’re back where it was begun
It’s not for reasons, not for rhymes, it’s been like this since ancient times
Someone says they’re seeing signs, connecting dots and drawing lines
Darkness falls across the noonday sun
We think we’re so much wiser than all those women, all those men
But here we go again
We thought it happened way back when, but History’s on the march again
And here we go again
We thought it only happened when the sword was mightier than the pen but
Here we go again
Here we go again