Talking to No-One

Ever met someone that you believe would be a perfect companion, only to realize they believe something that you don’t, perhaps they believe in a ghost or and idea that your little section of the world say is bad or worse–doesn’t exist. Why do we do this to each other? Is it for money? Is it for longing and the scarcity we feel in every day life? This song was written 25 years ago.

Verse

Did you ever realize

We’ve been sold a pack of lies

Your world’s red and mine is blue

both of us living the same sad truth 

Protests in the streets

Signs raised to the sky

Who is it getting wealthy, from the ache in our lives

Chorus

Divided we stand, united we fall

It ain’t about us It’s about us all

Divided we stand, united we fall

What if they caught us tearing down the walls

That separate us, that infuriate us

That remind us that we are not the same, but we are 

Verse 2

You got a version of the truth, that I’ve never known

Wanna really see em’ mad then let’s compare notes

Then I might learn where your lines come from

And you can see mine too, after that we’ll have to run

Cuz we may see who’s counting dollars, While we’re counting scars

Who’s really lighting the fires, and leaving us in the dark

Chorus

Divided we stand, united we fall

It ain’t about us It’s about us all

Divided we stand, united we fall

What if they caught us tearing down walls

That separate us, that infuriate us

That remind us that we are not the same, but we are 

Bridge

Divide and conquer, that’s what they believe

They told us in the history books, we didn’t read

Divide and conquer, didn’t think they meant me

Let you love, let you hate but you’ll never be free

Let you lust let you fight but you never be free

Let you trust let you hurt but you’ll never be free

You’re here to work, you’re here to slave but you can never see

That scarcity and longing are the new currency.

That scarcity and longing are the real currency.

That scarcity and longing are the real currency.