‘Unknown Nights'

Intrinsic to our futile plight
Is the ease with which we inspire spite
Every day, we're forced to fight
A battle we did not incite
With minds so trite

This ghetto isn't fair or right
But it's somewhere we're out of sight
And the future looks a lot more bright
When we deflect familiar daylight
With unknown nights

Why must we keep the lid shut tight
On who we are, for fear we might
Cause, at the very worst, slight
Discomfort to those who write
Us off as blight

This ghetto isn't fair or right
But it's somewhere we're out of sight
And the future looks a lot more bright
When we deflect familiar daylight
With unknown nights

You know, this time next year
We may well not be here
So while we can, we must keep near
To those we love, and what we hold dear

This ghetto isn't fair or right
But it's somewhere we're out of sight
And the future looks a lot more bright
When we deflect familiar daylight
With unknown nights

You know, this time next year
We may well not be here
So while we can, we must keep near
To those we love, and what we hold dear

So let's imagine that this hole we've dug
Is a Miami disco club
We'll unite in a giant group hug
And give tomorrow a deserved shrug
Until they pull the plug

This ghetto isn't fair or right
But it's somewhere we're out of sight
And the future looks a lot more bright
When we deflect familiar daylight
With unknown nights.

 

© M.A.Tovey 2007