TIERGARTEN

As If

I serve my country
and do so with pride
I look up and see you there
and I know you lied
As if we’ve lost control
as if we’ve sold our souls

I joined the service
to do the right thing
The media circus is here
to quote you, our king
As if we’ve lost control
as if we’ve sold our souls

I heard you talking
your right to free speech
You shot your mouth off again
they tried to impeach
As if we’ve lost control
as if we’ve sold our souls

Wednesday morning
and something you’d said
We fight like hell with boldness
now there are four dead
As if we’ve lost control
as if we’ve sold our souls

It’s six months later
three colleagues have died
They took their own lives, couldn’t cope
with all of your lies
As if you lost control
as if we sold our souls
As if I sold my soul