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Grey listless feeling a dread
Wide open sea
No drums on the riverbank
No wind on the water
The light comes up
The light goes dim
Compass needle slipping stupidly about
What kind of country is this?
The weak are punished for their lack of power
Like in that movie The Incredible Shrinking Man
Must have driven my powerboat through a lurid yellow mist
Now I look up at the monstrous furniture
Yeah, this fog, it'll rise
Yeah, and the heavy curtain will fall again and again
Just as suddenly
How long have we been in this country?
How long has this been happening?
Where was the border?
Where was the coast?
For every reaction there is a reaction
For every effect there is an effect
For every response there is a response
For every injury there is an insult
We've been lucky
How long have we been in this country?
How long has this been happening?
When did we become strangers?
When did we cross a border?
What were we thinking all those years ago?