Here we stand and face the world 
Renegades of consternation 
Innocent in thought and word 
Ready for a new sensation 
Block up the dam 
Close up the well 
To stop it flowing 
Your memory is not preferred 
For that is not the way we're going 
Sliding away from liberty 
To lethargy we fall 
Subsiding again 
Collapsing from the burden of it all 

But time after time 
We belive in better 
Never let a chance pass us by 
And we're sure we'll never fail to notice 
Sign after sign 
That a change [bad word] 
Time [bad word] out like a tide 
But we think we're on a 
March of progress 
From ashes we rise 
To ashes we fall 
Our hand in it all 
Here we stand and take the blame 
We thought that this could last forever 
We turned our backs on God again 
But everybody longs for heaven 
Sliding away from vision 
To deficiency we fall 
Subsiding again 
Collapsing from the burden of it all 

But time after time 
We belive in better 
Never let a chance pass us by 
And we're sure we'll never fail to notice 
Sign after sign 
That a change [bad word] 
Time [bad word] out like a tide 
But we think we're on a 
March of progress 

Here we stand and face the end 
Apathy alive and growing 
On independence we depend 
But that is not the way we're going 
Sliding away from plenty 
To dependency we fall 
Subsiding again 
Collapsing from the burden of it all 

But time after time 
We belive in better 
Never let a chance pass us by 
And we're sure we'll never fail to notice 
Sign after sign 
That a change [bad word] 
Time [bad word] out like a tide 
But we think we're on a 
March of progress 

But we think we're on a 
March of progress