Won't Ask You Again

Change is not progress unless it feels better
 And waiting for better just makes it feel worse
 We blow all the bubbles of hope and excitement
 Try to calm down before they all burst
 Too used to asking for things we deserve
 Clean water in taps or somewhere to live
 And failing to see that merely by asking
 We're setting the limits on what people give
 I don't want your promises
 I don't want your change
 What's the chance of being heard?
 I won't ask you again
 And asking for change is like asking for freedom
 To choose who supplies all you need to be free
 We take the position of moral consumers
 Only to find that there's no guarantee
 Action's a magnet for those who quit asking
 But couldn't find anyone else they could tell
 Action is not only making the protest
 But making that overdue phone call as well
 I don't want your promises
 I don't want your change
 What's the chance of being heard?
 I won't ask you againI won't ask you again!
 The leaders we look at keep talking of changing
 Like it was our fault things are all going wrong
 Look a bit wider and get the whole picture
 Then turn off the nerve that says "here you belong"
 The people who change things are dead when it's normal
 And lucky to stay out of jail when it's not
 You can ask for the world to stop kicking your soul in
 Or stand up and fight for the fighting to stop
 We don't need your promises
 We don't need your change
 If this is all you have to give
 We won't ask you againWe won't ask you again!