Built Then Burnt [Hurrah! Hurrah!]

Dear brothers and sisters
 Dear enemies and friends
 Why are we all so alone here?
 All we need is a little more hope, a little more joy
 All we need is a little more light
 A little less weight, a little more freedom
 If we were an army, and if we believed that we were an army
 And we believed that everyone was scared
 Like little lost children in their grown-up clothes and poses
 So we ended up alone here
 Floating through long wasted days
 Or great tribulations!
 While everything felt wrong
 Good words, strong words
 Words that could've moved mountains
 Words that no one ever said
 We were all waiting to hear those words
 And no one ever said them
 And the tactics never hatched
 And the plans were never mapped
 And we all learned not to believe
 And strange loathsome monsters loafed through the hills
 Wondering why
 And it is best to
 Never, ever, ever, ever, ever
 Ever, ever, ever, ever, ever wonder why
 So tangle, oh, tangle us up in bright red ribbons!
 Let's have a parade!
 It's been so long since we had a parade
 So let's have a parade
 Let's invite all our friends
 And all our friends' friends
 Let's promenade down the boulevards!
 With terrific pride and light in our eyes
 Twelve feet tall and staggering
 Sick with joy
 With the angels there and light in our eyes
 Brothers and sisters
 Hope still waits in the wings
 Like a bitter spinster
 Impatient, lonely, and shivering
 Waiting to build her glorious fires
 It's because of our plans, man
 Our beautiful ridiculous plans
 Let's launch them like careening jetplanes!
 Let's crash all our planes into the river!
 Let's build strange and radiant machines
 At this Jericho waiting to fall