No Future Part Two: The Days After No Future Lyrics - Airing Of Grievances - Titus Andronicus

Oh, I recall the last morning 

The sun would rise on the race of man 

After which, it was clear, nothing could be the same again 

When called to answer 

For their crimes 

The only response 

That they could find 

Was that it seemed to be a good idea at the time 

Now the sun in the sky 

Has turned to dust 

The rivers are running red with blood 

And the cries of the helpless are never, never enough 

And those of us who were still alive 

Were rightly afraid to go outside, 

When VuBu said, 

"This isn't shoegaze - this is suicide." 

Then they came with torches and pitchforks, 

Carrying guns, clubs and sharp swords, 

When the loudest voice I ever heard said, 

"It's over." 

"And I, too, felt ready to start life all over again. It was as if that great rush of anger had washed me clean, emptied me of hope, and, gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars, for the first time, the first, I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe. To feel it so like myself, indeed, so brotherly, made me realize that I'd been happy, and that I was happy still. For all to be accomplished, for me to feel less lonely, all that remained to hope was that on the day of my execution there should be a huge crowd of spectators and that they should greet me with howls of execration." 

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