Built Then Burnt (hurrah! Hurrah!) lyrics

Dear brothers and sisters dear enemies and friendsWhy are we all so alone hereAll we need is a little more hope, a little more joyAll we need is a little more light, a little less weight, a little more freedom.If we were an army, and if we believed that we were an armyAnd we believed that everyone was scared like little lost children in their grown up clothes and posesSo we ended up alone here floating through long wasted days, or great tribulations.While everything felt wrongGood words, strong words, words that could've moved mountainsWords that no one ever saidWe were all waiting to hear those words and no one ever said themAnd the tactics never hatchedAnd the plans were never mappedAnd we all learned not to believeAnd strange lonesome monsters loafed through the hills wondering whyAnd it is best to never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever wonder whySo tangle - oh tangle us up in bright red ribbons!Let's have a paradeIt's been so long since we had a parade, so let's have a par
ade!Let's invite all our friendsAnd all our friends' friends!Let's promenade down the boulevards with terrific pride and light in our eyesTwelve feet tall and staggeringSick with joy with the angels there and light in our eyesBrothers and sisters, hope still waits in the wings like a bitter spinsterImpatient, lonely and shivering, waiting to build her glorious firesIt's because of our plans man; our beautiful ridiculous plansLet's launch them like careening jetplanesLet's crash all our planes in the riverLet's build strange and radiant machines at this jericho waiting to fall