The Majority

The tyranny of the majority 
Goes unobserved
Coz it’s not a dictator
That we serve
But you gotta know
That John Stewart Mill
Wasn’t serving checks
At the till
As he talked about
The subjugation of the female
Now they’re in our contacts
Or our email
Watching over our shoulder
The stuff we do
And I’m just as normal
As the next one, are you?
Coz if you
Step out of line
You’ll do some
Anti social time
On the clocks
Or on the checks
And if you’re wondering
What’s coming next
You better be aware
The reason why
I can’t meet your stare
I’m just as dissatisfied
But hyper conscious
Of all that I do
In the gaze of the anxious
Coz I’ve been one myself
Now I’m back to New York
The road it bends
Before the fork
And I gotta
Make a choice
Stand up and
Use my voice
For as fragile
As it may seem
Everyone who
Wakes the dream
Makes it a little easier
For those to follow
And trusting the movement
Isn’t as hollow
As you might think
Don’t believe them when they say
Have another drink
It’ll be okay
And is it time
To add my stead
To the rock and roll
In my head
And you gotta hand it
To the new generation
They’re holding steady
Not flicking the station
Are we millennials
Or Gen Z
Watching our phones
Like they’re tv
Only to realise
It’s not real
Just a story
About how we feel
And drama we make
Will play itself out
Until we’re left
With nothing to doubt
And set our foot
On certainty
Just remember
You’re always free

Second State Fine

There’s a new thing brewing
But can it keep its head
Cause the parapet is raised
And so many people lie dead
But I climb up the rock
There’s a world of things that I am not
As the sun in the sky
Shines over the seas as they go by
And it’s hopping over there
On the Western front and I care
About how it all goes down
I left half my heart in that town
And now I go back
Before the attack
In shoes that I can walk
What does it take to see through the talk
Into what is true
Is there any way I can save you
From your fate
The demolition that lies in wait
I shake the dust off my shoulders
I’m like Icarus chasing boulders
That have no business in that myth
But the world is chomping at the bit
And this is just a dragon I dance with
In my hope for a new born truth
A time beyond the confines of youth
As we let the shackles drop
What does it take for one person to say stop
And breathe
What do the people need
Can we shift the scene
Out of this nightmarish dream
I know no one who can say
That everything is okay
When we just let it crumple
If there’s lightning then thunder will rumble